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Bankruptcy Judges Share Insight on Chapter 9 Eligibility.
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WSJ: Finding Attractive Muni Yields Post-Detroit.
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WSJ: Sizing Up Discounted Muni Closed-End Bond Funds.
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Los Angeles County Bars Brokers That Donate to Bond Campaigns.
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Reuters: Freddie Mac May Sue California City on Eminent Domain Loan Seizures.
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Bloomberg: Pimco, BlackRock Seek to Bar California Mortgage Seizures.
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WSJ: Muni-Bond Buyers Seeking Safety.
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WSJ: Detroit Has Wiped $13.8 Billion From S&P’s Muni Index.
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WSJ: Why You Shouldn’t Throw Sewer Bonds Out With the Bath Water.
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NYT: A Plan to Avert the Pension Crisis
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FHFA Says GSEs May Cease Business in Towns Seizing Mortgages.
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Thomson Reuters: Muni Sales Next Week Could Be 2nd Largest of Year.
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SIFMA Standard Forms and Documentation Library: Promoting Industry Transparency.
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WSJ: Detroit Bankruptcy May Spell Trouble for Other Distressed Municipalities.
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SIFMA Calls for Review of SRO Structure.
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Moody’s: Detroit Bankruptcy May Change How Other Distressed Cities Approach Obligations.
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Reuters: Muni Board Watching General Obligation Debt in Detroit Case.
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Moody’s: Detroit Bankruptcy May Change How Other Distressed Cities Approach Obligations.
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NYT: Cities Need to Weigh Costs of Private Partnerships.
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National Governors Association Urges Preservation of Municipal Bond Exclusion.
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SIFMA Implores Michigan To Change Tack on Detroit.
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NYT: Public-Private Partnerships Could Be a Lifeline for Cities.
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NYT: Possibly Unfair, but Not Necessarily Fraudulent.
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Bond Insurer Sues Credit-Rating Agencies.
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Water Agencies Urge Against Limiting Tax-Exempt Bond Financing of Water Systems.
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WSJ: Detroit Bankruptcy Plan Called Unfair to Bondholders.
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WSJ: Some Detroit Bonds Hit by Bankruptcy Filing.
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WSJ: Bondholders, Public Pensioners Square Off in Detroit.
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Two More Wisconsin Cities Weigh Redemptions of New CREBs, BABs.
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WSJ: Investors Yank Money from Municipal-Bond Funds.
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WSJ: With Palo Alto on Board, OpenGov Aims for Transparency in Dozens More City Governments.
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WSJ: Detroit Sues Bond Insurer Amid Effort to Reach Deal With Creditors.
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Flexible Bond Funds Offer Harbor as Rates Rise.
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Experts: Muni Community Should Have No Problem Making Case to Save Exemption From ‘Blank Slate’.
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B of AML, PFM Top First-Half Tables
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Reuters: U.S. Investment Industry Groups Scuffle Over Ethics, Costs.
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WSJ: Though Colorado and Washington Allow Recreational Marijuana, Many Municipalities Are Seeking to Bar Businesses Selling It.
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NYT: A Legal Blow to Sustainable Development.
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Reuters: Cash Hard to Raise as Fed Jars Credit Markets.
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The Economist: What Do the Woes of Detroit Mean for Muni Bonds?
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Advisors Focusing More on Government Policy.
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With Few Young Recruits, Advisor Workforce Shrinks.
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Higher Yields May Boost Bond Insurers.
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NYT: Cost of Public Projects Is Rising, and Pain Will Be Felt for Years.
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SIFMA: Fatal Flaws in Markup Research Paper.
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Moody’s: Detroit Default, Plan, Break Ground in Muni Market.
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Detroit’s Orr: Investors in Bonds Headed for Haircut Should Have Known.
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CUSIP Global Services Projects Continued Growth in Bond Issuance.
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National League of Cities Comments on Proposed Regs on Health Insurance Provider Fee.
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More Issuers Contemplate BAB Redemptions.
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WSJ: Jefferson County Debt Plan Is Costly.
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NYT: In Embattled Detroit, No Talk of Sharing Pain; A bankruptcy in Detroit would have no precedent, despite an unusual flurry of municipal bankruptcies after the financial crisis.
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Study Claims Billions of Dollars of Excessive Muni Markups.
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Detroit Restructuring Plan Includes Bond Default.
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Detroit Default Shines a Light on Bond Insurers.
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NYT: Portent of Peril for Muni Bondholders.
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WSJ: Intelligent Investor: What’s Eating Munis?
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WSJ: How to Buy Muni Bonds.
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WSJ: Illinois Dinged by Downgrade.
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WSJ: The Fed’s Eminent Mistake – A Plan to Seize Private Mortgages, Courtesy of the Private Beneficiaries.
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Goldman Sachs to Test “Social Impact Bonds” with United Way.
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Reuters: S&P Revises U.S. Credit Outlook to ‘Stable’ from Negative.
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NYT: A County in Alabama Strikes a Bankruptcy Deal.
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NYT: Bankruptcy in Alabama County Offers Warning for Other Municipalities.
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WSJ: Record Muni Bankruptcy Nears End; Jefferson County’s Creditors Agree to Forgive $1.2 Billion of Debt; Hedge Funds Stand to Profit in Deal.
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WSJ: Massachusetts Selling ‘Green’ Bonds to Fund Environmental Projects.
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WSJ: Should You Buy Taxable Muni Bonds?
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FINRA Foundation Releases Nation’s State-by-State Financial Capability Survey.
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Muni Underwriting Fees Continue to Decline.
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Lawmakers Circulate Bipartisan Letter to Preserve Tax-Exempt Bonds.
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Cuomo Long Island Power Solution Penalizes Bonds: Muni Credit.
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NLC: Food Trucks More Than a Passing Fad for Many Cities.
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WSJ: What the Lawyers Won’t Tell You.
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NYT: Justices Take Case on Prayer at Town Board Meetings.
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Schwab Reverses Ban on Client Class-Action Lawsuits.
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Florida Court Rules State Time Limits Apply to Securities Arbitration.
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Moody’s: Detroit Restructuring Plan Bad for Bondholders.
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Congress Eyeing Munis?
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SIFMA Municipal Securities Regulation Seminar.
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SIFMA: Compliance and Legal Society – Regional St. Louis Seminar.
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Reps. Stivers, Moore, Lobby SEC Chair White on MA Definition.
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Muni Bonds Deserve a Tax Break: Obama’s proposal to limit the municipal-bond tax exemption would raise the cost of public works.
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SIFMA: Municipal Bonds – Risky Business?
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Moody’s: Municipal Defaults Up Since Crisis, But Still Low.
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Newark’s Terrible New Foreclosure Fix Idea: Activists in the city think eminent domain can save their neighborhoods.
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NYT: S.E.C. Contends Harrisburg, Pa., Misled Its Bond Investors.
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Cities to Assist Families in Debt to Public Utilities through NLC’s New LIFT-UP Initiative.
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The Bond Buyer’s Financing Municipal Utilities Symposium – May 16-17, 2013 – Houston, TX
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Forbes: Mortgage-Seizure Plan Resurfaces As Investors Try To Kill It For Good.
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WSJ: Kerry Mayo, on the Benefits of Individual Bond Portfolios.
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National Association of Counties: President’s FY14 Budget Targets Key County Priorities.
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Virginia Circuit Court finds $2.1 Billion Virginia P3 Unconstitutional.
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WSJ: Distressed-Debt Investor Persuades Cities to Play Ball.
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In Congress, a Bill Seeks to Tie Municipal Borrowing Power to Public Pension Disclosure.
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Eminent Domain to Fix Troubled Mortgages Makes a California Comeback.
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Piper Jaffray to Acquire Seattle-Northwest Securities.
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NAIPFA: SEC Rulemaking on Muni Advisors Should Be Top Priority.
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NFMA Submits Amicus Brief in Litigation Challenging California Redevelopment Agency Legislation.
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Orrick Keeps Top Spot, Other Counsel Rankings Shift in 1Q.
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WSJ: Regulators Are Concerned About Municipal-Bond Deals.
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U.S. Conference of Mayors Paves the Way for 457(B) Plan Transparency and Market Overhaul, Selected Finalist for Plan Sponsor of the Year.
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Moody’s: CalPERS Haircut in Stockton Case Would Have Big Impact.
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San Bernardino Outsources Finance Department to Urban Futures.
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NLC: Limit on Tax-Exemption Would Mean Fewer Local Projects.
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Bloomberg: SEC Backs Forcing Bank Disclosures on Muni-Bond Campaigns.
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WSJ: Beware the Muni-Bond Illusion.
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California Tobacco Bond Sale a Hit With Investors.
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CBO: A Review of CBO’s Activities in 2012 Under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act.
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Senators Oppose Capping Tax Exemption for Municipal Bonds.
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National League of Cities Examines Effects of Municipal Bond Tax Exemption.
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Obama Proposes AFF Bonds at 28% Rate for PAB Projects, Eases Restrictions on PABS.
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NYT: Pension Funds Wary as Bankrupt City Goes to Trial.
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Obama Renews Public-Works Push.
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H.R. 789 Would Permanently Extend Build America Bonds.
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Barclays: Some Issuers Could Wait Years to Call BABs.
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