Securitization

Panelists at The Bond Buyer's National Outlook Conference said state and local governments are on their own, at least for now, to fund infrastructure.

A statewide ballot measure would be needed to implement the required constitutional changes.

Municipals finished little changed on Monday in quiet activity.

Municipals were stronger in quiet activity on Monday as the market looks ahead to new competitive sales.

Another week of sub-average issuance lies ahead for the muni market.

Beloit College's rating was cut to junk last year, and the restructuring is designed to ease debt covenant strains.

The municipal bond market will feel like it’s still on vacation next week as supply hovers around holiday week type levels.

Municipal bonds finished mostly stronger on Thursday as deals from issuers in Connecticut and New Jersey dominated action.

Municipal bonds were mostly stronger as action in the primary slowed.

The 8^th annual Municipal Finance Conference is slated to take place July 15-16 at the Brookings Institution in the nation’s capital.

Deals from Hawaii, Colorado,and Virginia hit the market Wednesday as munis turned mostly weaker.

Municipal bond buyers were treated to some new supply on Wednesday as deals from issuers in Hawaii, Colorado and Virginia came to market.

Municipal bonds lost early strength and finished mixed on Tuesday as traders returned to work after the Dr. Martin Luther King holiday.

Municipals were stronger Tuesday ahead of this week’s $5 billion new issue calendar.

A trader said lack of follow-through on long new issues continued to plague the market as the weekly calendar shrank to $5B of issuance.

The municipal bond market is prepping for around $5 billion of new issuance in the upcoming holiday-shortened week.

Two lone deals priced on Thursday to close out new issuance for the week.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel's administration is interested in a similar structure for a pension obligation bond.

A few remaining municipal bond deals hit screens on Thursday to wind down the week's issuance.

The primary municipal market chugged along on Wednesday, as the two biggest deals of the week priced.