Securitization

Such "granny flats" may be the next frontier for PACE financing.

Munis will see the last weekly issuance roll in - as the past few days hasn’t gone as planned, with rising yields and rocky market conditions causing the biggest deal of the week to postpone the deal.

S&P Global Ratings cut Build Illinois bonds after changing its criteria; the downgrade mirrors a Fitch Ratings action in May.

Adverse market conditions delayed the $1.3 billion deal from Chicago’s Sales Tax Securitization Corp.

The busiest day of the week, and a good test for the market, lies ahead.

The defense team accused the SEC of a "gross abuse of power."

The muni market starting saw a steady stream of issuance of Tuesday, preceding a big wave of deals that are expected on Wednesday.

The backloaded maturity schedule of the debt brings comparisons to the city's supposedly abandoned "scoop-and-toss" practices.

Nineteen deals on the schedule are $100 million or larger, including the $1.3 billion Chicago securitization transaction.

The municipal bond market is gearing up for what should be a busy week, with a bunch of good sized deals and one mega deal.

Municipal bond volume is set to rise in the last week of October.

The number of MSRB-registered dealers has fallen by almost one-third since 2009 and FINRA and the MSRB have some concerns about it.

Municipal bond supply takes a leap forward next week as Chicago’s Sales Tax Securitization Corp.’s $1.31 billion deal headlines the new issue calendar.

Municipals remained mixed as deals from Phoenix airport and Chicago issuers came to market.

The municipal securities market is slowly looking more like the stock market.

The pre-trade information available on alternative trading systems to broker-dealer participants would likely benefit all municipal securities investors if made more publicly available, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s chief economist said in releasing a report Thursday that is to be presented to a market structure advisory group next week.

Municipals were mostly stronger at mid-session as the last of the week’s big deals came to market.

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Municipals remained stronger as Montgomery County, Maryland, came to market with a triple-A-rated sale.

Montgomery County, Md., came to market on Wednesday with a triple-A-rated general obligation bond offering.