Securitization

Retail buyers of municipal bonds got first shot at New York City’s big general obligation bond sale on Monday.

Weekly municipal market volume is expected to sink back below $5 billion in the coming week, making it harder for investors to price bonds.

Municipal market participants will return to their desks next week and see a $4.8 billion new issue calendar.

Traders noted some caution in the muni market ahead of Friday’s release of the March unemployment report.

Municipals were trading in sympathy with Treasuries on Thursday morning as the market remained quiet as it prepared for the week’s end.

BlackRock's Peter Hayes says that municipal bond performance in the first quarter was clearly hurt by tax reform.

Buyers of municipal bonds had a variety of new issues to choose from on Wednesday as deals from New Jersey, New York, California and Maryland all came to market.

Despite municipals being a little sidetracked as Treasuries weakened, traders said there was a more constructive nature overall to the market on Tuesday.

Retail buyers were offered the chance to buy the New Jersey Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp.’s subordinate tobacco settlement bonds.

The second-quarter kicked off Monday with a little more optimism among municipal market participants after "one of the worst quarters in a long, long time."

The municipal bond market is set to see a chunky new issue calendar this week: $7.85 billion.

The influx of volume may give the boost that's needed to jump-start the primary market.

The municipal bond market will see almost $7.9 billion of new deals head their way next week, as New Jersey tobacco's dominate the calendar.

The municipal market was winding up the week on a tentative note as Connecticut offered its general obligations to institutional investors.

Municipal bond buyers were getting a piece of Connecticut's general obligation bond deal on Wednesday.

The municipal market appears to be shifting away from its traditional retail-dominated status, which has implications for regulatory policy that's largely aimed at protecting the retail investor.

Municipal traders said the market was slightly firmer on Tuesday, though a lack of new supply was still curtailing opportunity for investors.

Borrowing plans cleared the Finance Committee after minority aldermen complained about diversity.

Municipal bond buyers are seeing some supply hit the market on Tuesday as they look ahead to next week for the biggest deal of the year to date.

As muni investors looked ahead to another week of limited supply, a report from BlackRock recommended taking a flexible strategy.