Municipal Bond Trading & Underwriting

Featured Bond – Week of September 2nd, 2019: State of California to Issue $2.3 Billion Dollars in General Obligation Bonds

The State of California is scheduled to issue $2.3 billion dollars in Various Purpose General Obligation bonds in two parts. In order to refinance its outstanding debt, the state will issue $1.65 billion in Refunding Bonds.  Proceeds from the remainder of the total,...

Featured Municipal Bond Issue: Georgetown University — $632 Million in Taxable Revenue Bonds

Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of 1/7/2019:  Georgetown University — $632 Million (Taxable) Revenue  Bonds   This week’s featured bond is a large taxable municipal revenue bond.  Georgetown University is slotted to issue a $305 million Series 2019A bonds...

Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of November 5, 2018: Stockton Public Financing Authority, CA Water Revenue Refunding Bonds

Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of November 5, 2018:   Stockton Pubic Financing Authority, CA   Water Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2018 A — $150.1 Million (Green Bonds) The Stockton Public Finance Authority on behalf of the city of Stockton Water Utility system...

The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee — $724.4 Million

SHARE THIS: FACEBOOKTWITTERLINKEDIN PRINT | EMAIL Featured Municipal Bond Issue, Week of October 15, 2018:   The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennesse -- $724.4  Million The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County,...

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

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...

Assessing the Credit Quality of America’s Cities – Part Four: FY 2014 Financial Condition

The most basic sign that a government is living within its means is that it balances its books at the end of the year. Traditionally, most city officials, experts, and observers of state and local government focus primarily on the general fund, usually a government's...

Assessing the Credit Quality of America’s Cities – Part Three: Long-Term Liabilities beyond Pensions

By Richard A. Ciccarone City Financial Challenges Beyond Pensions When Assessing the Credit Quality of America's Cities, pensions aren't the only big long term liability facing America's cities.     Add to the list bonded indebtedness, other post-employment benefits...

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