Refunding bonds

The city is folding together separate syndicate and advisor teams on $1.2 billion of general obligation and Sales Tax Securitization Corp. refunding deals.

The town of Waterford decided to go ahead with refunding its $15,640,000 in general obligation bonds at its recent Representative Town Meeting.

The Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency's $892 million deal is expected to yield $100 million in present value savings.

The hospital system will price up to $1.7 billion of bonds this week, of which up to $1.4 billion would be taxable.

Some market participants worry about the viability of a key muni advocacy talking point if enough midsize issuers begin to embrace the taxable market.

Rating agencies affirmed Chicago's GOratings and the first report also out on the new junior lien Sales Tax Securitization Corp. credit.

The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, restored to investment grade by S&P Global Ratings last year, plans to sell a total of $923 million.

The university now has a stable Moody's outlook as the financial impact of the Larry Nasser sex abuse scandal becomes clearer.

The Finance Committee signed off on bond refinancing and revenue packages that are key to the 2020 budget, paving the way for a full city council vote.

Indianapolis airport is back with a refunding of notes but it is holding plans to refund variable rate debt because it no longer makes economic sense.

Chicago now expects to bank $215 million in upfront debt refinancing savings from a bond refinancing it expects late this year or early next.

A deal this week will refinance Indiana Finance Authority lease appropriation bonds issued in 2008 for a convention center expansion project.

Ahead of the deal, Moody's revised its outlook on the hospital system's Aa3 rating to positive from stable.

The nonprofit electricity wholesaler is refunding bonds issued in 2009 and 2015 that are tied to the Prairie State Energy Campus.

Interest rates the district will pay on a recent $600 million deal are lower than it paid in its previous bond deal a year and a half ago.

Wisconsin will refund $622 million of taxable 2008 bonds in a sale that sheds swaps tied to Libor.

The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority is in the ninth year of a 15-year, $14 billion capital program.

Spectrum Health System will consolidate its administrative offices into a central location.

St. Louis-based Ascension Health Alliance will price up to $856 million through the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority.

The deal allows the university to shed a master trust indenture and concentrate its debt under the University of Nebraska Facilities Corp.