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Municipal Bond Credit Report: Prophet of Muni Market Doom Wasn’t Wrong—Just Early
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Eleven years ago next week, a then-obscure bank analyst made the call of a lifetime when she said Citigroup would be brought low by bad mortgage…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Why investors would likely benefit from public pre-trade information
Municipal Bond Credit Report: WASHINGTON – 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 Bond Credit Report: Chicago Public Schools selling unrated notes competitively
Municipal Bond Credit Report: CHICAGO – The Chicago Board of Education will sell $200 million of unrated tax anticipation notes Thursday in its first competitive note offering in recent memory….…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Los Angeles airports upgraded ahead of pricing
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Los Angeles International Airport received a Moody’s ratings boost ahead of plans to price $650 million to help fund its $11.9 billion capital program through 2024.LAX’s…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: 10 years later: Less-trusted rating agencies maintain their central role
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The municipal market remains skeptical of the rating agencies 10 years after their bad calls on mortgage securities contributed to the worst economic meltdown since the…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Opportunity Zones expected to unleash a wave of private capital investment in localities
Municipal Bond Credit Report: WASHINGTON – The finances of local governments around the U.S. and its territories will soon benefit from a wave of private capital investment now that the…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Low growth, high leverage cost Vermont a triple-A rating
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Low economic and population growth mixed with high leverage cost Vermont one of its triple-A ratings.Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Vermont general obligation bonds to Aa1 Tuesday,…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: 10 years later: After the fall, remaining insurers fight for relevance
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Municipal bond insurers were among the biggest casualties of the financial crisis. With seven triple-A bond insurers and at least 10 players writing new business, up…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: South Carolina hospital merger plan spurs rating review
Municipal Bond Credit Report: The pending merger of two hospitals to become South Carolina’s largest joint health system may be good for the bond ratings of one and not the…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Declining flexibility lands Westchester County a negative outlook
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Westchester County, New York’s took an outlook hit because of its decreased financial flexibility…. Link to Story
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Illinois puts its best credit foot forward with sales tax bond deal
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Illinois hits the market next week with $250 million of sales-tax backed Build Illinois bonds, its first issue since losing some of their ratings’ luster due…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Nevada sees outlook boost ahead of GO sale
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Nevada will take a positive S&P Global Ratings outlook into its next general obligation bond sale. S&P Thursday revised its outlook on Nevada’s AA rating to…
About FIRVA Capital Management
We sell Municipal and Corporate issuer credit risk research. We also manage two partner seeded private funds for information purposes using our research; a liquidity fund and a multi-asset fund.
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- Municipal Credit Risk Research
- Corporate Credit Risk Research
- Advisory and Consulting Services
- Fixed Income Workstation
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