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Banker David Schott has joined Stern Brothers' New York office.

During the new issue pricing period is when institutions place their orders. Independent advisors and their clients are wise to follow the money.

Sterling National Bank has a new municipal group focused on an array of non-public financing services during a time when loans to bond issuers are on the decline.

Bond insurers and legal counsel battled for share of a smaller market as Assured Guaranty and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP stayed atop the rankings.

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The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, dipped to 3.96% from 3.97% the week before.

Two Dallas-area school districts put their recently approved bonds up for sale to a receptive market.

The league tables show a return to normal from the first quarter, when PFM, Citi and JPMorgan all placed lower than usual.

The summer lull, trade policy, the Fed, and the lack of a federal infrastructure plan all weigh against a recovery in muni volume this year.

The Vermont Municipal Bond Bank is expanding its individual investor outreach ahead of its newest transaction.

Danbury, Connecticut, has launched an investor relations website, BuyDanburyBonds.com, in advance of a $39 million sale of bonds and notes.

Working under three elected comptrollers for 12 years, she was a stabilizing presence behind the scenes.

Carol Kostik, the senior among eight deputies, has worked for three city comptrollers and managed the issuance of more than $110 billion of debt .

Municipal bond issuance reached $30 billion for the third straight month, as the market prepares for what is expected to be a slow summer.

Gov. Paul LePage's post-pricing intervention to block the closing of $113 million of GO bonds may increase Maine’s future borrowing costs.

Education banker John Baracy has opened Raymond James’ first public finance office in Los Angeles.

The firm is expanding at its St. Louis headquarters, where it says it wants its sales professionals to be housed.

Morgan Stanley won the auction for both tranches of $261 million of debt.

The authority, one of the largest municipal issuers, will substitute a Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi letter of credit with State Street.

State officials intend to come to market with $225 million of Commonwealth Transportation Fund revenue bonds.