Today In The Markets

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20399114/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipal secondary trading did little to move triple-A yield curves, outperforming a weaker U.S. Treasury market again, as the primary market took focus. Triple-A yield curves barely budged while USTs saw losses of three to four basis points across the curve. The day’s moves pushed ratios lower still. The

Bloomberg News The regulation of municipal advisors, a topic of great interest since it was initiated by the Dodd-Frank Act 14 years ago, may well be subtly expanding based on how the Securities and Exchange Commission enforces both its own and Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board rules. That’s according to panelists at the SEC, Financial Industry

“We have designed this competitive project development process to attract extremely capable teams with outside-the-box ideas for bringing water to Arizona and to give WIFA the opportunity to publicly and transparently vet those projects, ensuring that we select the right one for our state,” Ted Cooke, chairman of the authority’s Long Term Water Augmentation Committee,

The John Hancock building, left, and Trump Tower, right, stand in the cityscape as seen from the Willis Tower in Chicago. Bloomberg News S&P Global Ratings placed Chicago’s general obligation bond rating on watch negative Tuesday, warning the city against heavy reliance on one-time budget solutions, as reports suggest Mayor Brandon Johnson has slashed his

The Tampa Bay Rays expect Pinellas County, Florida, to help finance its new major league baseball stadium. Bloomberg News Tensions between Pinellas County Commission, Florida, and Major League Baseball’s Tampa Bay Rays appeared to have increased Tuesday as the team seeks a new financing deal and the commission declined to vote on $312 million of

In the years after the 2008 economic crash, the rating agencies faced criticism largely in how it rated mortgages and securities, which resulted in the Dodd-Frank legislation bringing greater scrutiny to the industry and resulting in vast changes, Moody’s Ratings’ Eric Hoffmann said. With the cost rising and methodologies changing, the California Debt and Investment Advisory

It will take longer for this toll to generate the necessary revenue for the MTA’s 2020-2024 capital program, MTA Chair Janno Lieber said, but the agency is satisfied.Bloomberg News The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board voted once again to implement congestion pricing, the tolling program budgeted to cover $15 billion of its current capital plan, but

JoAnne Carter, right, managing director and president of PFM, will succeed Dan Hartman as CEO after being unanimously appointed by the PFM Board. PFM Chief Executive Officer Dan Hartman will step down as head of the firm in April as he returns to a direct client support role. JoAnne Carter, managing director and president of

A new engineering and science building highlights plans for the new-money share of the University of Chicago’s award-winning deal.University of Chicago When the University of Chicago’s deal team embarked on the largest financing ever issued through the Illinois Finance Authority, the team had several goals. One was to transform the university’s capital structure; another was