Bonds

East High School in Denver. Moody’s Ratings upgraded Denver Public Schools’ general obligation ratings ahead of an $806 million bond sale later this month.Adobe Stock Denver Public Schools will sell more than $800 million of bonds later this month, buoyed by a ratings boost from Moody’s Ratings, which cited the district’s strong management for the

John Miller joined the boutique firm First Eagle Investments in late 2023 where launched a high-yield fund that climbed to $5 billion the first year with returns of almost 12%.First Eagle First Eagle Investment’s new high-yield municipal bond fund ballooned from scratch to more than $5 billion in its first year — and generated market-beating

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21116027/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals could not ignore the sharp selloff in U.S. Treasuries Friday following the hotter-than-expected jobs report as both markets saw losses across the curve. Equities also closed with large losses as more market participants expect the data to temper Federal Reserve rate cuts.  The December jobs report took a

“The risks to the budget we are facing include stock market volatility, uncertainty around federal policy and tariffs, which could have some impact on California,” said Finance Director Joe Stephenshaw.California Department of Finance The devastating fires affecting Los Angeles took center stage Friday when California’s finance director presented Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed $322.2 billion budget.

Daniel Wiles retired from Los Angeles County in December, but continues to serve on the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.MSRB Daniel Wiles has lived in southern California for more than two decades, but it hasn’t altered the ingrained humility of the Minnesota native. Wiles, who retired — mostly — from a long municipal finance career at

Homes in Larchmont, in New York’s Westchester County, which received and S&P upgrade to AAA>Bloomberg News Westchester County is ringing in the new year with a new AAA rating from S&P Global Ratings.  S&P’s analysts cited growth in the county’s reserves, conservative budgeting and strong sales tax revenue as the reason for Tuesday’s upgrade from

The St. Paul hospital campus of Children’s Minnesota. The nonprofit health system plans a bond sale the week of Jan. 13..Children’s Minnesota Nonprofit health system Children’s Minnesota will refinance some debt and take out new debt to fund an electronic records transition, renovations at three hospitals and the purchase of medical equipment. The city of

North Carolina State Treasurer Brad Briner said his appointments to the state’s Investment Advisory Committee would improve the pension system’s growth. The North Carolina Local Government Commission approved several bond deals at its meeting Tuesday. Approved were $252 million, $90 million and $45 million of bonds for Mecklenburg County, a $200 million bond for the

A yard sign in New Liberty, Iowa, in 2023. Carbon capture and storage projects, including pipelines to transport the CO2, have faced opposition from local landowners and environmental groups.Bloomberg News Carbon capture — a process with proponents and opponents on both sides of the political spectrum — may be at a pivotal point in the

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21069905/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were mixed Tuesday but outperformed the U.S. Treasury market while equities closed the session in the red. Triple-A yield curves barely moved compared to the losses in USTs, which saw yields rise over the entire curve and up to eight basis points 10-years and out, pushing ratios lower.

Denver International Airport’s Vision 100 is to serve 100 million annual passengers by 2032. “That’s a conservative estimate,” said Michael Biel, the airport’s deputy chief financial officer who becomes CFO starting Jan. 12.Denver International Airport To accommodate rising passenger volume, Denver International Airport extended its capital improvement program through 2035 and is one of the

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21055199/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were little changed Monday as U.S. Treasury yields rose slightly out long and equities ended mixed. With the steady tone Monday, muni to UST ratios fell slightly. The two-year municipal to UST ratio Monday was at 65%, the five-year at 64%, the 10-year at 66% and the 30-year

Bond financing will accelerate plans to upgrade U.S. 275 in Nebraska to an expressway, said Vicki Kramer, director of the state Department of Transportation.Nebraska Department of Transportation The Nebraska State Highway Commission has signed off on the state’s first bond issue for a highway project. The commission on Dec. 6 unanimously approved a resolution authorizing

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference in February. His office did not immediately respond to Bank of America and Morgan Stanley leaving the Net-Zero Banking Alliance and the moves’ impact on a review of the banks launched by his office in 2023 that could lead to them being banned from

“The largest share of the higher revenue is from one-time litigation proceeds and year-end accounting adjustments related to prior-year cost recoveries,” said Washington, D.C., CFO Glen Lee.Christopher Mobley The latest revenue estimate from the District of Columbia’s chief financial officer shows a positive $169.7 million bump in actual inflows compared to the estimates that were

The Proton Center of Arkansas, one of a series of struggling, bond-financed cancer treatment centers across the country.The Proton Center of Arkansas The new year rang in fresh signs of distress at a pair of long-struggling cancer treatments centers in Maryland and Arkansas financed with bonds through Wisconsin’s conduit issuer the Public Finance Authority. The

Rob Bonta, California’s attorney general, announced the $10 million settlement in the fraud case on Thursday.Bloomberg News A former Los Angeles County physician, a non-profit medical center he founded, a laboratory he co-owned, and an executive at these entities have agreed to pay $10 million to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare

&lt;img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21026447/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /&gt; Municipals were firmer Friday ahead of the first full week of the New Year and ahead of a $5 billion-plus new-issue calendar while U.S. Treasuries saw modest losses and equities made gains. Triple-A yields fell up to seven basis points on the one-year, depending on the scale, while UST

Homes in the Westchester County, New York, community of Larchmont.Bloomberg News Westchester County, New York, plans to issue roughly $189 million in general obligation bonds, with Fitch Ratings giving the debt a top-tier AAA rating.  The affluent county on New York City’s northern border, home to suburbs like Scarsdale and Rye, will use the proceeds

&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21015256/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; Municipals kicked off 2025 with a stronger tone Thursday as investors began to employ January reinvestment dollars while U.S. Treasuries were choppy and closed the session mixed and equities saw losses. Investors pulled more money from municipal bond mutual funds in the final reporting week of 2024, but high-yield