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When Alfred H. Williams got his start in the industry, the only way to know what was in the market was the “blue list.” “Most people had their blue list delivered to their office,” said Glenn Williams, Williams’s son. “Along with the morning paper, we had a blue list on our front porch.” Williams’s dedication

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21148409/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipal yields continued to climb higher Monday as U.S. Treasuries were weaker and equities ended mixed. Municipal yields were cut one to eight basis points, depending on the scale, while UST yields rose, pushing 10-, 20- and 30-year yields to yearly highs. “Fixed income is beginning 2025 where it

Florida mining company Mineral Development, LLC failed to pay $10 million in principal and interest on January 1. Adobe Stock Florida mining company Mineral Development, LLC defaulted on $85 million of outstanding industrial development bonds at the start of the year, the first municipal default of the new year, according to Municipal Market Analytics’ Default

“It’s a chance for the market to come to us and lay out what they think would be good and what would be a cost,” said John Bagley, the MSRB’s chief market structure officer. The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board floated a “concept release” Monday that seeks market feedback on a potential initiative to collect pre-trade

“Though the Biden-Harris Administration is drawing to a close, today we’re proud to announce one more major round of grants to keep that work going and further modernize our roads and rails, build out a national EV charger network, and ensure that transportation in the 21st century lives up to its basic promise and connects

Longtime municipal trader Tom Greene is retiring after more than a half-century in the business. Greene is retiring from Wintrust Wealth Management, where for more than a decade he was institutional fixed income manager and head of the institutional municipal bond desk. Greene came out of retirement to work for Wintrust; prior to that, he

Bloomberg News The new Republican House and Senate have assumed power and Inauguration Day for the second Trump Administration is soon to follow. This year will be an exciting one of change for our country, and surely the municipal bond industry will keep an eye on Washington as Congress works to extend key provisions of

A high-end condominium building in Manhattan. Real estate sales above $2 million are subject to a transfer tax that will back bonds for the Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityBloomberg News The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority is set to offer its first bonds backed by its real estate transfer tax. The tax, also known as the “mansion

“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.

<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

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

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

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

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/21101826/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals were steady throughout most of the curve outside of small bumps on the short end while municipal bond mutual funds flipped back to inflows for the first week of the year. U.S. Treasury yields fell slightly and equities were mixed. Investors added $842.4 million to municipal bond mutual

“We are using funds from the BIL to make historic investments in our nation’s airports to address a backlog of needs and accommodate growing air travel demand,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. ”These investments, some already completed and many more still underway, ensure the traveling public will have safer and more accessible and efficient airports for

The first fire to pummel Los Angeles was sparked in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on Tuesday.Bloomberg News As Los Angeles battles wildfires, Mayor Karen Bass is being criticized for the roughly $17 million in cuts made to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s budget. Neither the mayor’s office, nor the city administrative office were available to

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority disciplined a pair of municipal finance firms for MSRB rule violations.SCOTT EELLS/BLOOMBERG NEWS The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority this week censured and fined two firms for municipal market violations, including failing to properly supervise political contributions from muni finance professionals. Alabama-based municipal underwriter Frazer Lanier Company, Inc. received a censure, agreed

“I do have a very high bar when it comes to revenues, and we are not going to grow an economy on the backs of working Marylanders,” said Democratic Gov. Wes Moore during a press conference on Wednesday. ”I inherited a structural deficit when I became the governor, because the state was both spending at a

The Wyoming House of Representatives has become the latest GOP state to introduce a bill banning firms that are deemed to have used environmental, social or governance factors in their investment decisions.State of Wyoming Wyoming has become the latest state to float legislation that restricts state funds from being invested with firms that consider environmental,

California’s shortage of affordable housing poses a serious threat to the state’s long-term economic health and well-being. You don’t need a Ph.D. to figure out that an affordable housing shortage hampers labor force growth, stifles business expansion and new business formation, erodes the tax base, and contributes to homelessness, drug abuse and street crime. To