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How Public Pensions Are Getting Smart About Infrastructure.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 07/09/15
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Public-Private Partnerships Offer Alternative Model for Water Infrastructure Projects.
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Taking on the Ratings Triopoly.
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BAML Stays on Top of Underwriter Rankings; PFM Leads FAs.
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Bad Math and a Coming Public Pension Crisis.
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GASB Issues Proposed Guidance on External Investment Pools and Component Units.
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GASB Simplifies GAAP Hierarchy for State and Local Governments.
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GASB Publishes New Standards for Reporting Health Insurance and Other Retiree Benefits.
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Modernizing American Manufacturing Bonds Act Reintroduced.
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast (The Quarterly Ratings Roundup And Allen Park, MI)
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Municipal Issuer Brief: Issuers Using One Rating with More Frequency.
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Georgia Supreme Court Upholds SunTrust Park Bond Financing.
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No Success Like Failure: N.Y. Sees Social Impact Bond Pluses.
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No Easy Pass for North Carolina’s First Privately Run Toll Lanes.
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Puerto Rico at Precipice Piles on Muni Market Hampered by Crises.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 7/01/15
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Fitch: EPA Ruling Relieves Pressure on US Public Power.
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General Obligation – The Mayhem In Municipal Bonds.
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Puerto Rico Worries Put Focus On Municipal Bond Insurers.
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Unlocking the Private Sector: State Innovations in Financing Transportation Infrastructure.
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GFOA’s 2015 Awards for Excellence in Government Finance.
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S&P: Supreme Court’s ACA Ruling Has No Impact on Health Care Sector.
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Advice for Preparing an Effective RFP.
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P3s Can Solve States’ Infrastructure Woes.
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Toll Roads: A Problem or a Solution?
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast (Rulings On State Pension Plans).
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S&P: U.S. Public Finance Upgrades Outpace Downgrades for the 10th Straight Quarter.
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The Phone Call That Could Help Governments’ Credit Ratings.
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Municipal Issuer Brief: Water Issues Impact Public Finance Industry.
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Fitch: Long-Term Cost Assessments Difficult to Gauge in Availability-Payment P3s.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 6/25/15
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Moody’s: Annual State Debt Medians Experience First Decline in Nearly Three Decades.
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Muni Buyers Bedazzled by Junk-Bond Yields Let Protections Slip.
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Proposed Bonds to Encourage Public Private Partnerships and Improve Infrastructure: Butler Snow.
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S&P: Pension Shortfalls Pressure Private and Public Sectors.
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The Dirty Business of Paying for Ratings.
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What’s Next for Pensions? Depends on the State.
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Local Government Procurement Laws – Who the Heck is a “Responsible Bidder”?
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Back From The Brink – Why Bond Insurers Look Attractive Again.
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Fitch: Public Power Riding U.S. Economic Recovery and Low Rates.
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast: Provider-Sponsored Health Plans.
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast: Rating Community Development Financial Institutions.
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S&P U.S. State Pension Roundup: Recent Court Rulings and Reform Slowdowns Make Active Management Essential.
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S&P: U.S. Public Finance Ratings Start 2015 With Another Positive Quarter Despite Puerto Rico Actions.
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Municipal Issuer Brief: Review of DC Happenings.
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S&P Report: U.S. Cooperative Utilities are Maintaining Stable Credit Quality, But Regulatory Changes Might Upset the Cart.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 6/18/15
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Bloomberg Brief Municipal Market Expert Series.
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Moody’s: Unique Enterprise Risk Arises When Municipalities Operate Broadband Systems.
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Behind Chicago’s Rift With Moody’s: Rater’s Tough New Stance.
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S&P: How the Rise of Solar Energy Could Affect U.S. Regulated Utilities’ Credit Quality.
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Project Runway: Airport Muni Bonds Strut Their Stuff.
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Recession’s Legacy Leaves U.S. State Bonds as Muni-Market Laggards.
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Misrated Muni Market Hoists $1.8 Billion Annual Tab on Taxpayers.
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CUSIP Request Volume Shows Possible Inflection Point in Bond Issuance Frenzy.
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S&P: New Jersey Pension Ruling is No Reason to Celebrate from a Credit Standpoint.
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A Tale of Two Public-private Partnership Cities.
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Junk Status on the Rise Among Local Governments.
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Why State Budgets Often Aren’t as Balanced as They Seem.
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Municipals Should Turn Around This Summer, Experts Say.
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Munis’ Rare June Fund Exodus Compounds Worst Quarter Since 2013.
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Puerto Rico Path to Easing Cash Crunch Hinges on Insurer Demands.
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Bloomberg Brief: Deal in the Spotlight.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 6/11/15
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GASB Proposes Enhanced Guidance on Irrevocable Split-Interest Agreements.
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GFOA Members Pass Policy Statement on Retirement Security.
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U.S. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Proposes Rule to Treat U.S. Municipal Securities as Level 2B High-Quality Liquid Assets Under the Liquidity Coverage Ratio.
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Virginia P3 Law Amendments: Good for the Public, Bad for Business?
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GASB Improves Reporting for Health Insurance and Other Retiree Benefits.
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Late State Budgets: Summer Cliffhangers No One Wants to See.
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast (California’s Rating And Detroit’s Public Schools).
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Municipal Issuer Brief: Difficult May Ends on a Positive Note.
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Virginia Discovers P3 Projects Might Not Always Save Money.
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Accounting Rule to Force U.S. Cities to Report Health-Care Bills.
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Bloomberg Brief Weekly Video – 6/4/15
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Puerto Rico’s $72 Billion Mess Reunites Lehman Foes.
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Deals Gone Bad Push Muni Borrowers to Dump Interest-Rate Hedges.
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Bloomberg Brief: Deal in the Spotlight.
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Government Retiree Costs to Be Put in the Spotlight.
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GFOA: GASB Makes Significant Adjustments to Its Technical Agenda.
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GASB: What You Need to Know about Local Government Investment Pools.
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GASB On the Horizon: Business-Type Activity Governments.
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NYC Housing Development Corporation To Introduce Sustainable Neighborhood Bonds.
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Despite Bond-Selling Spree, Cities, States Spending Less on Infrastructure.
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S&P Report: U.S. Regulated Water Utilities’ Credit Quality Remains Buoyant, But Key Risks Remain that Could Weigh it Down.
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Bill Would Create DOT Competitive Grant Program for Infrastructure.
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Municipal Issuer Brief: Chicago Implications.
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Bloomberg Brief – Deal in the Spotlight.
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Bloomberg Brief Municipal Market Weekly Video – 05/28/15
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Moody’s: US State and Local Government Credit Quality Underpinned by Strong Federal Disaster Support.
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Borrowing to Replenish Depleted Pensions.
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Atlantic City Bond Offering Attracts Hedge Funds as Buyers.
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S&P 2014 Annual U.S. Public Finance Default Study and Rating Transitions.
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Chicago Says Banks Won’t Demand Penalties After Cut to Junk.
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Appellate Court Warning: Pension Funds May Get Stuck With Unintended Oral Contracts With Their Investment Managers – Reed Smith
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Munis in a Rising Rate Environment? Yes, But Use Caution and Stay Nimble.
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Butler Snow: Should Bond Lawyers Care About Chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code?
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A Debt-Ratings Rift Rattles Chicago.
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The Rieger Report: Munis Face an Unholy Trio.
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FT: Muni Risk Rises as Pensions are Put First.
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How Standard & Poor’s Rates Community Development Finance Institutions.
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Liquidity Concerns Prompt a Standard & Poor’s Rating Action on Chicago.
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S&P 2015 U.S. Public Finance Team Directory.
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Partnerships Can Contribute to Rebirth of Infrastructure.
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Will Green Bonds Experience a Boom-and-Bust Cycle?
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Moody’s Explains Itself.
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Bloomberg Brief Municipal Market Weekly Video – 05/21/15
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Fitch Exposure Draft: Rating Public Sector Counterparty Obligations in PPP Transactions.
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Chicago Doesn’t Hire Moody’s to Rate Its Latest Debt Refinancing.
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CUSIP: Requests for New Municipal Bond Identifiers Increase at Fastest Rate Since 2012.
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After Moody’s Bombshell, What Will Other Ratings Agencies Say?
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A Lower-Risk Strategy for Muni Bonds.
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Cities, Towns See Historic Savings on Bond Refinancings.
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S&P Webcast Replay Now Available: State and Local Governments Outlook 2015.
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BAML Economist Tells Muni Analysts: Don’t Fear the Fed.
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Calpers’ Pension Hammer Forces ‘Unfair’ Bond Ruling by Judge.
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S&P: Chicago; General Obligation; Joint Criteria.
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What Pension Rulings in Illinois and Oregon Could Mean for States.
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Chicago’s Junk Rating From Moody’s Puzzles Investors.
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Puerto Rico Crisis Seen Muddying MBIA’s Bond-Insurance Comeback.
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Bloomberg Brief Municipal Market Weekly Video – 5/15/15.
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Court Fight Revs Up Over Legality of Chicago Pension Reforms.
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San Bernardino Bankruptcy Plan: Bondholders Hammered While Pensions Kept Whole.
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Muni Default History Poses a Ratings Riddle.
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Assessing Bond Insurers’ Exposure to Puerto Rico Still Tough.
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Clean Energy Loan Program Raises Questions In Florida Supreme Court.
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Feds Offer Puerto Rico Advice, But No Bailout.
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S&P RFC: Not-for-Profit Public and Private Colleges and Universities.
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S&P Issuer Credit Ratings for Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs).
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Municipal Issuer Brief: Update On Bank Municipal Investment Rules.
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Has ‘Debt’ Become a Four-Letter Word?
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Illinois Bid to Solve $111 Billion Pension Shortfall Is Dead.
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Muni Quirk Offers Free Money Over Treasuries With Same Guarantee.
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Assured Guaranty Drops Most in 22 Months on Puerto Rico Tax Fail.
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Bloomberg Brief Municipal Market Expert Series.
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Bloomberg Brief Municipal Market Weekly Video – 05/07/15
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Moody’s: Upgrades Outpace Downgrades in First Quarter U.S. Public Finance Rating Revisions.
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Illinois Supreme Court Strikes Down Law to Rein in Public Sector Pensions.
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Successful Investing In Charter School Bonds: Orrick Webinar, Part I.
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Build America Champion Wyden Has New Infrastructure-Bond Plan.
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Latest Victim of California’s Drought: Water Bonds.
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Bill Would Create New Type of Bond for Infrastructure.
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Chicago Mayor Pledges End to Scoop-and-Toss Restructurings.
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Fund Manager Seeks City Projects With High-Yielding Bonds.
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Muni Issuance Dipped in April, But Spiked So Far in 2015.
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Risk Transfer Success Leads to Ratings Upgrades for Florida Citizens.
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S&P: U.S. Regulated Water Utilities’ Credit Quality Remains Buoyant, But Key Risks Remain That Could Weigh It Down.
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White House Hopes to Boost P3s in Promise Zones.
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast (Rating Actions On Puerto Rico And Louisiana’s Universities).
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Municipal Issuer Brief: Superdowngrades
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Opportunities and Risks in Municipal Underwritings and Derivatives: WilmerHale
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Michigan Governor Signs Bill to Aid Detroit Bond Sale.
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Lower Oil Prices Have Varied Effect On Municipal Bond Market.
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S&P: U.S. State Budgets Face Lean Margins Despite Mature Economic Expansion.
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Public Works Financing Exclusive: Rapid Bridges Financial Close a Game Changer.
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast (Colorado State University’s Bond Outlook Revision And California’s Water Utility Revenue Bonds).
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Municipal Issuer Brief: Mixed Results for Many Issuers Last Week.
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PA Treasury Successfully Completes Commonwealth’s First-Ever Competitive Bidding Process for Bond Counsel.
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U.S. Bridges Falling Down Get No Help From Record ’15 Muni Sales.
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GASB Adds Pre-Agenda Research on Going Concern, Debt; Removes Project on Financial Projections.
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Hey, State Treasurers: Europe’s Having a Sale on Money!
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S&P: How Pension Funding Continues to Affect U.S. States’ Budgets.
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Relaxed Bank Rules Could Lift Municipal Bond Securities, ETFs.
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After the Collapse of Sweet Briar, Investors are Nervous about Other Small Colleges.
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Muni Issuance $9.3 bln Next Week, Chicago Schools Face Test.
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Which States Are Holding Their Cities Back?
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast (The Week In Review and Our Rating Action on Phoenix Civic Improvement’s Excise Tax Bonds).
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Municipal Issuer Brief: Negative Market Trends to Consider.
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The Payoffs of Financial Transparency.
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Another Sign of Improving Health of Muni Market.
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Tobacco-Bond Deals Revived as U.S. States Conjure Up Budget Cash.
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He Made $3.8 Million in Fees in an Odd Little Corner of the Muni Bond Market.
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Bloomberg Brief Municipal Market Weekly Video – 04/16/15
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Muni-Bond Insurance Actually Pays Off, Report Says.
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Fed Is Expected to Shift on Muni Bonds.
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Fed May Allow Banks to Use Muni Bonds to Meet Liquidity Rules: WSJ.
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Shortage of Treasuries Stresses Repo Market.
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Small Banks Finally Get Real Shot at Municipal Finance.
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New York’s Leaky Public Pension Funds.
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Citi Tops Underwriter Rankings; PFM Leads the FA List.
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast (Proposed Criteria for Rating Not-For-Profit Public and Private Colleges and Universities)
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Municipal Issuer Brief: Challenging Start to Week Ends with Positive Tone.
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CDFI Fund Opens Application Period for FY 2015 CDFI Bond Guarantee Program.
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Consensus Building Around New CA Infrastructure Financing Authority.
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Fitch: California Water Restrictions May Sink Utility Revenue.
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Fitch: Model Shows Fast Rate Rise Would Hurt U.S. Public Finance .
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NASACT-NAST LGIP Workgroup Responds to GASB’s Questions on Fees and Gates.
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Does the Public Benefit From Private Infrastructure Investment?
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Questioning the Seaworthiness of Bond Funds.
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JPMorgan Tripling Muni Holdings Signals Banks’ Demand Unquenched.
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Municipal Bond Market Credit Analyst Survey.
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Here’s the Top Concern for Many Municipal Bond Market Analysts.
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S&P’s Public Finance Podcast (North Dakota’s Municipalities and California Department of Water Resources’ Power Bonds)
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Bond Insurance Penetration Climbs to 5.8% in Q1.
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March Surge Caps Highest Q1 Issuance Since 2010.
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U.S. Muni Bond Funds See First Outflows of Year.
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U.S. Municipal Bond Sales Estimated at $7 billion Next Week.
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Chapter 9 Pros and Cons Aired in Illinois Legislature.
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