Labour’s conference in Liverpool should have been a celebration: the party has not held a gathering in power since Gordon Brown was prime minister in 2009 and its landslide election victory was secured less than three months ago. Instead, many delegates were subdued, their confidence in Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer shaken by a decision
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A Missouri government is the latest to offer government support — funded through municipal bonds —to revive a moribund mall. But developer River City Centre’s plan for West Park Mall in Cape Girardeau, a city of 40,500 along Interstate 55 about midway between St. Louis and Memphis, breaks with the current trend of converting malls
A sign is posted in front of a home for sale in San Rafael, California, on Aug. 7, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images A steady decline in mortgage rates to two-year lows has current homeowners rushing to take advantage of potential savings. Applications to refinance a home loan surged 20% last week compared with
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Municipals were little changed Tuesday as the primary market picked up steam, led by two billion-dollar retail offerings and upsized deals for New York paper. U.S. Treasuries were firmer and equities closed the session up, led by the S&P 500 hitting a new record. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Tuesday was at 65%, the three-year at
Bond-financed redevelopment underpins Kansas City, Missouri’s plan to tackle decades-old blight and environmental issues that go back further in the Historic Northeast neighborhood. Clay County Commissioner Scott Wagner, previously a Kansas City councilman, told The Bond Buyer that “just the sheer magnitude” of this redevelopment project presented a challenge, but it stands a chance of
In this article MELI Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT One of the world’s largest e-commerce companies is emerging as a top pick on Wall Street as investors look for tech opportunities beyond the Magnificent Seven. MercadoLibre, an Argentinian e-commerce and payments platform that’s incorporated in Delaware and actively traded on Nasdaq, is up 34%
S&P Global Ratings placed more than 400 state and local government issuers under criteria observation as the agency adopts updated U.S. government rating methodology it instituted earlier this month. Under the new criteria, there is a single scored framework and a common set of weights for all U.S. governments, including the issuer’s individual credit profile
Fintech firm BondWave and database management firm DPC Data plan to integrate several of DPC Data’s products into Bondwave’s Effi platform. This partnership allows users with a DPC Data subscription to access content directly within Effi, or Engine for Fixed Income, providing Effi users with more information for all municipal bond positions in their portfolio.
The Municipal Bonds for America coalition is pressing the importance of key legislative issues affecting the world of public finance onto the docket of the powerful House Committee on Ways and Means. “We did some meetings up on the Hill earlier this summer, almost simultaneously as when Ways and Means majority leadership announced their tax
Siebert Williams Shank has hired five senior and junior public finance professionals across the country, with the intention of expanding the firm’s footprint. Their responsibilities will include transaction execution, client relationship management, and quantitative analysis. Two will be based in Siebert’s New York City office, two in its Oakland, California, office, and one in its
Moody’s Ratings revised the outlook on New Mexico’s Aa2 rating to positive from stable, while downgrading ratings on certain state transportation and severance tax bonds in the wake of a methodology update review. The positive outlook, which affects $521 million of outstanding general obligation bonds, reflects Moody’s view “the state’s strong financial position, reflected in
Courtesy: Wojciechowski Family Real estate is a key puzzle piece in achieving the U.S.’ climate goals, according to federal officials. Residential and commercial buildings account for 31% of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, after accounting for “indirect” emissions like electricity use, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. That’s more than other economic sectors like transportation
The New York Power Authority offered green revenue bonds to retail investors Monday, fresh on the heels of ratings upgrades from Moody’s Ratings and KBRA. The Power Authority is bringing $404.375 million of green revenue bonds to market this week, starting with $104 million offered to retail investors Monday. While pricing details were not yet
The municipal bond market will be showered this week with nearly $2 billion of triple-A-rated debt from water agencies in Southwest states facing drought and other climate issues. The Texas Water Development Board tops the week’s issuance calendar with $1.6 billion of State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas master trust bonds to finance local
Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. Between the anticipated departure of the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and shifting spending priorities from the Senate Banking Committee, the past few months in the bond markets have been full of regulatory shifts — and the upcoming presidential
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. China has unleashed a swath of stimulus measures including cuts to its benchmark interest rate as Beijing battles a slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy. In a rare public briefing on Tuesday, the People’s Bank
A Chinese flag in Pudong’s Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China, on Sept. 18, 2023. Raul Ariano | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chinese property stocks rallied on Tuesday after top financial regulators vowed a range of monetary easing measures to provide some relief for millions of families and boost a recovery in the real estate
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The Los Angeles Unified School District plans to come to market Wednesday with $1.1 billion of general obligation bonds designated as sustainable. Lead manager RBC Capital Markets is scheduled to price the bonds Wednesday after a retail order period Tuesday. The debt will enter a market influenced by the Federal Open Market Committee’s decision last
Municipals were steady to start the week while the focus moved to the hefty primary slate as several deals priced bonds for retail to good demand. U.S. Treasuries were slightly weaker and equities closed the session in the black. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Monday was at 64%, the three-year at 66%, the five-year at 66%,
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