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: 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: 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: San Diego pension ruling could have implications for other cities
Municipal Bond Credit Report: An adverse ruling by the California Supreme Court about San Diego’s pension reform measure creates uncertainty for city finances, according to a Moody’s Investors Service report……
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Puerto Rico 10-year recovery plan incorporates federal disaster aid
Municipal Bond Credit Report: About half of the $139 billion in Puerto Rico’s 10-year recovery plan already is committed money, according to a 531-page document that details the spending… Link…
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Court rules for Jefferson County in bankruptcy appeal
Municipal Bond Credit Report: A federal court in Atlanta Thursday dismissed an appeal challenging Jefferson County, Alabama’s exit from Chapter 9 bankruptcy… Link to Story
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Texas to price largest TRANs deal in five years
Municipal Bond Credit Report: Texas will price its largest issue of tax and revenue anticipation notes in five years with an Aug. 22 sale of $7.2 billion… Link to Story
