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Pay to Play? Hardly.
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The Week in Public Finance: Pay to Play, High Investment Fees and the Small Business Credit Crunch
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The Worst Idea in Government Management: Pay for Performance.
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Public Finance Expert: Pension Costs ‘Squeeze Governments.’
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Investors Warm to ‘Green Bonds’
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P3s and the $90 Trillion Infrastructure Need.
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The Muni Market Turns Toward Washington.
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CUSIP Requests Climb Again in March Signaling Corporate and Muni Bond Surge.
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Fitch Releases Exposure Draft for Public Sector Revenue-Supported Debt Master Rating Criteria.
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U.S. Muni Supply Falls in Q1, Citigroup is Top Underwriter.
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Bond Insurance Capital: Can You Ever Have Too Much?
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LISC Offers First CDFI Bond to Bring Private Capital to Low-Income Communities.
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The Case for High-Yield Municipal Bond Funds.
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Your State is Probably Facing a New Dawn of Public Finance Problems.
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Municipal Market Snapshot.
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John Arnold: The Most Hated Man in Pensionland.
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The Week in Public Finance: States Warned of ‘Profound Shift’ in Finances, Hurting in Illinois and More.
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Make Prison Financing Transparent.
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The Golden Infrastructure Opportunity That Government Missed.
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This Infrastructure Program Ended Up Costing Governments Millions. Trump Might Bring It Back.
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A Smarter Approach to Infrastructure.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 04/06
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Testimony by Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed on FAST Act Implementation: State and Local Perspectives.
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Why Foreigners Keep Buying the Debt of America’s Small Towns.
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Fall, Recover, Repeat: Munis Rebound From Sharp Drops, Again.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 03/30
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The Week in Public Finance: Bad Balancing Acts, Best Taxpayer ROI and Double Taxation.
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A Way to Unlock the Value of an Airport.
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Transportation Advocates to Trump: Where’s the Money?
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How the Buyside Is Handling Trump’s Shift from Healthcare to Tax Reform.
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Trump Proposes $17.9B More Budget Cuts for FY-2017, Gutting TIGER, CDBG.
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Federal $1 Billion Bond Program Is Making a Difference in Community Development.
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California Taps Investors’ Craving for Yield With Tobacco Bonds.
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U.S. Municipal Bond Sales Down 10 pct in First Quarter.
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Can Government Incentives Boost Green Bond Growth?
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GFOA Advisory: Pension Obligation Bonds.
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U.S. Sanctuary Cities Weigh Response to Trump’s Threat to Curb Funding.
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U.S. Threat to ‘Sanctuary’ City Funds Likely to Have Little Impact: S&P
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Fitch: Toshiba Insolvency Would Raise US Nuclear Plant Costs.
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Investors Bottom Fish Municipal Bonds Tied to Westinghouse Bankruptcy.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 03/23
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Bloomberg Markets: Bonnell Says Munis in ‘Wait and See’ Period.
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HSE Municipal Market Update – March 17, 2017
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Treasury To Suspend Sales Of State And Local Government Series Securities.
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Cambridge Minibond Official Statement.
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Rieger Report: Why Foreign Investors Like U.S. Municipal Bonds.
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Toshiba Meltdown Casts Cloud Over Bonds for Nuclear Plants.
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Subtracting Schools from Communities.
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Fitch: Proposed US Budget Cut May Pressure State Revolving Funds.
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New Wave of Puerto Rico Bond Troubles Hits Mutual Funds.
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Uncertain Fate of Obamacare Causes Some Hospitals to Halt Projects, Hiring.
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Pension Crisis Too Big for Markets to Ignore.
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Rising Pension Debts Checking Muni Supply, Morgan Stanley Says.
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Crisis? What Pension Crisis?
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The Week in Public Finance: Detroit’s Big Pension Plan, Debating the Pension Crisis and Counties Under the Gun.
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Recycling Infrastructure Assets to Spur Infrastructure Investment.
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President Trump Takes Executive Action On Energy Infrastructure Projects: Cadwalader
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Cambridge, Mass., Community-Sourced Minibonds Could Spark Market Trend.
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As Interest Rates Rise, Muni Bonds’ Unique Characteristics Matter More.
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S&P Credit FAQ: Cybersecurity, Risk, and Credit in U.S. Public Finance.
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The Week in Public Finance: Trump’s Budget, the CBO on Health Care and Accounting for Higher Ed.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 03/16
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The Big Three: Taking a Comprehensive Look at Financial Reporting.
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Fitch: CBO Estimate Confirms Major Implications for States from AHCA.
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CUSIP Requests Surge in February Signaling Corporate and Muni Bond Bounce.
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Trump Budget Blueprint Mum on Major Infrastructure Plans.
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The Old, Dirty, Creaky U.S. Electric Grid Would Cost $5 Trillion to Replace. Where Should Infrastructure Spending Go?
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Upgrading Our Infrastructure: Targeting Repairs for Locks, Dams and Bridges.
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Water Infrastructure Funding: Where Do We Go From Here?
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To Speed Up Infrastructure Projects, Trump Revisits Environmental Regs.
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SIFMA Issues Statement on the ASCE 2017 Infrastructure Report Card.
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S&P: U.S. Higher Education Sector Credit Quality Remained Stable Overall In 2016.
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S&P: U.S. Charter Schools’ Credit Quality Is Stable Despite Negative Rating Trend In 2016.
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S&P: Pension Pressures Will Weigh On 15 Largest U.S. Cities’ Budgets.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 03/10
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Will Tobacco Bonds Go Up In Smoke?
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Donald Trump is Poised To Do Great Harm to U.S. Cities (But Not For the Reasons You Might Think).
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GOP Health Plan: Winners, Losers & Who Knows.
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U.S. Municipal Bond Market Ticks Up to $3.8337 trillion in Q4, Fed Says.
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The Week in Public Finance: Paying for Repeal and Replace, SEC’s New Disclosure Rule and the Online Sales Tax Fight.
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How Refinancing Debt Can Help Pensions.
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States and Cities May Need Shelter From the Storm Brewing in U.S. Housing Policy.
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S&P: The Common Credit Characteristics of Highly Rated U.S. Municipal Water and Sewer Utilities.
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S&P: Proposed ACA Replacement Would Pressure Hospital Revenues And Margins
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How Healthy Are Your Hospital Bonds?
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Fitch: Medicaid Changes in ACA Repeal Bill Pose Risks for States and Hospitals.
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GASB 2017 Request for Research.
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Sector Specific Infrastructure Bills Better Way to Go, Fischer Says.
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Dollar Volume of Muni Trades Last Year at $3.14T, Highest Since 2012.
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GASB – Postemployment Benefits: Determining the Long-Term Expected Rate of Return.
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Trump Promised $1 trillion for Infrastructure, But the Estimated Need is $4.5 trillion.
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SIFMA Statement on the ASCE 2017 Infrastructure Report Card.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 03/02
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Is Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Realistic?
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Municipal Bond Market Disruption Hits Hard in Trump Era.
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U.S. Municipal Debt Sales Jump to $10.4 bln Next Week.
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Chao: Solution Elusive for More Infrastructure Funding.
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Shuster Says Infrastructure Plan Won’t Be Funded by ‘$1T Check from Congress’
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Mission, Money & Markets: Municipal Bonds and the Trend Toward Social Justice.
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With Pressure and Data, Muni Bond Market Could Drive Racial Justice.
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White House Says It Will Kick Off Infrastructure Planning Thursday.
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The Week in Public Finance: Oil State Woes, Why 401(k)s Might Not Be For All and More.
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Evidence-Based Programs Risk Losing Funding Under Trump.
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Trump Wipes Out $5 Billion of Muni Gains at Top U.S. Insurers.
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Fitch: Federal Questions Linger for State and Local Governments Following President Trump’s Speech.
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Second Circuit Court Rules EPA’s Water Transfers Rule Allowed Under Chevron.
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U.S. Municipal Debt Sales to Total $4.48 bln Next Week.
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GFOA Approves New Best Practices.
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Kroll: Mixing Oil and Water – A Credit Short Story.
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GFOA OKs Best Practices on Refundings, Investing, and Financial Services.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 02/23
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CUSIP: Fiduciary Rule Drives Surge in New Equity Instrument Creation.
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MAMBA Introduced in House as HR 1115.
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How Cities Should Take Care of Their Housing Problems.
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U.S. Governors Prepare Wish Lists for Trump Infrastructure Promise.
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Fitch: Recent Actions Highlight Consistent Approach to Default Risk.
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From $37 to $339,000: Why the Price of Public Records Requests Varies So Much.
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County Recoveries Coincide With Political Shifts.
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More Pressure on Sanctuary Cities.
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A Tried and Trusted Way to Finance America’s Infrastructure Projects.
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House Votes to Block Labor Department Rules on State Retirement Programs for Private Sector.
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Caucus Asks to Work With Trump on Infrastructure, Tax Reform Legislation.
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House Votes to Kill DOL’s State, City Auto-IRA Rules.
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President Trump Issues Executive Order To Expedite Approval Process For Certain Pipelines, Other High Priority Infrastructure Projects.
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Texas Pipeline Companies Seeking Common-Carrier Status Now Have Additional Guidelines, But Issues Regarding “Public Use” Remain.
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Delaware Bond Deal Tops Light U.S. Muni Sales Next Week.
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A Trump-Era Strategy for Municipal Bonds.
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Private vs. Public Infrastructure Funding Debate Continues.
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Fitch: ‘Fair’ US Interstate Tolling Can Curb Highway Deficits.
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Social Finance Launches First-in-the-Nation Outcomes Rate Card Development Competition.
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Trump’s Infrastructure Vow Reverses Mutual Fund and ETF Outflows.
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Muni-Bond Buyers Shouldn’t Expect Financial Reports Anytime Soon.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 02/17
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Sanctuary Cities May Not See Borrowing Hit From Trump Order.
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Reports Of Municipal Bonds’ Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated.
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Toll Bridge Deals Lead U.S. Municipal Supply Next Week.
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Policy Uncertainty Is Killing Muni Volume.
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NABL: SLGS Window Likely to Close.
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What Makes a Bond “Green”?
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Outlook Dims for Trump Pledge on Infrastructure Funding.
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The Week in Public Finance: Battling Over Retirement, Gorsuch on Online Sales Taxes and Fiscal Irresponsibility.
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How a Corporate `War’ Over Covenants May Affect Munis.
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States, Localities Could Issue $5B of PABs for Public Building P3s.
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House Resolutions Introduced to Undo State, City Secure Choice Rules.
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SIFMA Survey Projects Slip in Long-Term Muni Issuance this Year.
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S&P U.S. Public Finance Team Comments On Emerging Trends For 2017.
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S&P: Although Risks Remain, Global Toll Road Operators Can Expect Credit Stability In 2017.
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Rainy Day Funds Show States Are More Vulnerable to Next Downturn.
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Universities Found Way to Keep Debt Off Books in Dorm Arms Race.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 02/09
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Fitch Disagrees with Moody’s Legal Analysis on Chicago Public Schools.
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Fitch Calls Out Moody’s on Chicago Schools Analysis.
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New York City, Other Municipal Bond Issuers Warn Investors on Trump Policies.
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House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Hearing: “Building a 21st Century Infrastructure for America”
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GASB Issues Guidance on Fiduciary Activities.
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As Gas-Tax Profits Decline, More States May Turn to Tolls.
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Breaking Down the Financial Impact of Self-Driving Cars.
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Deferred Public Spending: The Credit Card From Hell.
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The Week in Public Finance: States Vulnerable to NAFTA Changes, New Amazon Taxes and a Credit Ratings Spat.
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With Less State Aid, Localities Look for Ways to Cope.
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GFOA: Best Practices in School Budgeting Framework Aligns Resources and Student Outcomes.
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Muni Volume Jumped in January.
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Muni Tobacco Bonds Rally as Buyers Swoop in After Trump Selloff.
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What’s Ahead for Munis? Forecasters Who Got It Right Make Calls.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 02/02
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Fitch: FACT Shows Improving Enplanements as Leverage Drops for U.S. Airports.
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Fitch: 2016 U.S. Public Finance Upgrades Were Highest in Over 10 Years.
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S&P: Credit Ratings For Sanctuary Jurisdictions Unlikely to be Affected in the Short Term, Preliminary Analysis Shows.
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GFOA: Executive Order on Sanctuary Cities Raises Questions and Concerns among Local Governments
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Sanctuary Cities Are Safe From Trump, Fitch Ratings Says.
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Sanctuary City Funding Cuts Less of a Concern Than Medicaid: Fitch
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S&P: Oil-Producing States See Deepening Economic Weakness.
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S&P USPF Housing Enterprise 2017 Outlook: Ratings Remain Stable Despite Economic Challenges And Uncertain National Policy Direction.
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Trump Orders Rapid Review for High-Priority Infrastructure.
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States Add 300 Projects to Trump’s Infrastructure Wish List.
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Senate Democrats Challenge Trump with Their Own $1T Infrastructure Plan.
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City Announces First Minibond Issuance, Invites Residents to Directly Invest in Cambridge.
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MacKay Municipal Managers Announces Top Five Municipal Market Insights For 2017.
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Muni, State, Local Groups Worry About Tax Reform, Sanctuary Cities, ACA.
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U.S. Muni Bond Market Sales Drop to $4.4 bln Next Week.
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How Healthy Are Your Hospital Bonds?
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Mnuchin Says He’ll Work to ‘Enhance’ PABs for Infrastructure Projects.
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Study: More Corrupt States Have Higher Public Debt.
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The Week in Public Finance: What We Don’t Know About Sanctuary Cities’ Funding, New Reasons to Save and More.
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S&P: U.S. Public Transportation Issuers Maneuver Around Obstacles To Maintain Stability In 2016.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 01/27
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U.S. Governors Want Say on Trump’s Infrastructure Plan.
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The Hidden Risks of P3s.
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The Week in Public Finance: Hartford in Crisis, Pension Rates Move Down and More.
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Why Urban Parks Are Essential Infrastructure.
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DeLauro Reintroduces National Infrastructure Development Bank Act.
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Green Bonds Rise as Tool for Water Infrastructure, Resilience.
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U.S. Voters Approve Billions for Transit and Green Space.
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Pence Touts Big Infrastructure Bill; Poll Finds Tolls Not Supported.
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U.S. Muni Bond Market Sales Pegged at $7 bln Next Week.
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Why Muni Experts Need a New Crystal Ball.
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S&P U.S. Public Power Sector 2017 Outlook: Low Natural Gas Prices And Increasing Renewables Drive Stable Outlook.
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S&P U.S. Municipal Water Utility Sector 2017 Outlook: Potholes, Policies, And Pensions.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 01/19
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