Public finance

Dan Scholl, head of municipal fixed income at Wilmington Trust, views munis as inefficient and retail oriented. However, he maintains credit has never been better. In managing $5 billion of assets in high-grade SMAs, he finds value in housing, healthcare and IDBs. John Hallacy hosts.

Vallejo, California, benefited from last week's record-low municipal market rates when it finally sold its water revenue bond refunding.

It was a busy day in the primary, as the markets continue to deal with crosscurrents of COVID-19 and election results.

Neither the House nor the Senate has publicly said how infrastructure legislation will be paid for.

The city on Long Island tapped municipal finance veteran Donna Gaden to steer a turnaround following years of structural deficits.

With increasing frequency, taxables are issued with a 10-year par call and as will become clear, they are a good deal for the investors.

Recently elected Mayor Justin Elicker revived an old municipal battle cry with a call for more contributions from Yale University and Yale New Haven Health.

The Federal Open Market Committee cut the fed funds rate 50 basis points to a range between 1% and 1.25%. The decision to cut rates was unanimous.

Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, is looking to attach tax-exempt advance refunding to an appropriations bill or other suitable legislation.

Scranton, Pa., activist Gary St. Fleur describes his group's successful suit that claimed the city was overtaxing its residents under Pennsylvania law. Paul Burton hosts.

Eight Los Angeles agencies, with a combined $49 billion in debt, will give presentations on their projects, debt portfolios and expected new issuance.

The municipal bond market is in for another action-packed week, with above-average issuance and COVID-19 still spreading rapidly.

As transportation referendums loom, a case study shows the dos and don'ts of organizing a campaign.

With major projects in its future, Dallas Area Rapid Transit is making the most of record low rates in a $260 million bond sale.

Issuers tapping the market in uncertain times, but with certainty of low rates.

With each passing day, fears surrounding COVID-19 elevate as the equity sell-off pressed on. The biggest winners have and will continue to be muni issuers, as they are selling into a record low rate market.

Taxable bonds and COVID-19 are two of the main catalysts that helped February municipal bond volume ascend to its highest level since at least 1986.

Moody's Investors Service revised the outlook on Hurley Medical Center's Ba1 rating to positive from stable ahead of a $52 million sale.

After years of contentious state budget battles over NJ Transit, state Senate President Steve Sweeney is proposing a permanent funding solution.

Municipal market technicals were already driving performance and so the strong quality bid has deepened the rally across the curve as the asset class really didn’t need to grab the U.S. Treasuries coattails all that tightly.