Municipal Bond Market News/Research

Douglas County Unified School District #497, KS Issues $43.5 Million

Sep 24, 2018 | Municipal Bond Market News/Research, Municipal Bonds, Municipal Finance

SHARE THIS: FACEBOOKTWITTERLINKEDIN PRINT | EMAIL ( ) Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of September 24, 2018: Unified School District #497 Douglas County, Kansas (Lawrence) -- $43.5 Million The Lawrence Unified School District #497, Kansas (officially called the...

Re-Assessing the Credit Quality of America’s Cities in 2017 – Part One: Examining Financial Health Against a Backdrop of High Ratings

Jul 7, 2017 | Cities & States, Cities, Towns & Villages, Featured Article, Fiscal Distress, Municipal Bond Market News/Research, Municipal Bond Trading & Underwriting, Municipal Bonds, Municipal Bonds, Credit Quality and Disclosure, Municipal Finance, Municipal Finance - General

Are Credit Ratings Reflecting True Risk? More than two years ago, MuniNet published a five-part series on Assessing the Credit Quality of America's Cities, intended to examine and create a framework to analyze the financial health of cities. With this first...

Does Municipal Bond Credit Quality Impact Annual Audit Times?

Oct 2, 2013 | Investor Relations, Municipal Bond - Pricing/Analytics, Municipal Bond Disclosure, Municipal Bond Market News/Research, Municipal Bond Trading & Underwriting, Municipal Bonds, Municipal Bonds, Credit Quality and Disclosure, Municipal Finance, Municipal Finance - General

Increased attention on local government fiscal stress and Chapter 9 bankruptcy filings has heightened concerns over municipal bond credit quality in wider circles than ever before. But while the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires certain issuers of...

Most Municipal Audits Still Slow, Despite Push for Timely Transparency

Sep 19, 2012 | Investor Relations, Municipal Bond Disclosure, Municipal Bond Market News/Research, Municipal Bond Trading & Underwriting, Municipal Bonds, Municipal Bonds, Credit Quality and Disclosure, Municipal Finance, Municipal Finance - General

In the corporate bond market, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires that annual audit reports be submitted within 60 to 90 days of the close of the fiscal year. While the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) has said that it would like to have...