Public finance

Hard on the heels of SEC adoption of Rule 6c-11, Intercontinental Exchange said it would launch ETF Hub to bring greater efficiency to the ETF primary.

The continued low interest rate environment is compelling more cities to explore issuing the bonds.

Most of this week’s municipal bond deals were well received, according to Peter Delahunt of Raymond James.

A novel approach is necessary, former Housing and Urban Development secretary Heny Cisneros said at the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank's summit in Providence.

Low taxable rates will allow the state to reap 10% present value savings while advance refunding $285 million of tax-exempt GO debt.

The capital plan's unknowns include its effect on the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's debt levels and rating agency perceptions.

Volume should attain the lower bound of the estimates at $330 billion according to Eric Kazatsky, veteran municipal analyst and strategist. Positioning on the curve and selecting sectors with care will contribute to sound performance. John Hallacy hosts.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, called the budgets approved by GOP lawmakers on Tuesday "a mess."

Munis strengthened Wednesday, the day after about 80% of the week's new issue calendar came and went.

With a meeting on the restructuring set, bondholders were girding for battle over the board's plan to nullify portions of the debt.

Reports from S&P Global Ratings and Moody's Investors Service highlight fiscal strains Chicago, Illinois and some local governments face.

The community development district filed for Chapter 9 in the face of a longstanding unwritten policy of governors refusing to approve such filings.

The market had no trouble absorbing Texas Water's $877 million and a $1 billion deal from New Jersey Transportation Trust.

Budget pressuresled Fitch Ratings to downgrade New York's second-largest city to A-plus from AA-minus.

Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson said the city is forging ahead with the transaction to raise money to help pay its bills.

Moody's action followed Fitch putting the authority on ratings watch negative on Friday.

A bidding conference will solicit technological innovations and proposals for reimagining signal systems.

Fiona Ma was a keynote speaker at the Bond Buyer's California Public Finance Conference in San Francisco.

Paul Burton hosts from the Villanova School of Business campus in Philadelphia with finance professor David Fiorenza, where he and his "economics of art and entertainment" students discuss sports betting, casinos, stadium financing and Detroit bankruptcy art assets.

Vice President, Build America Mutual