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Nossaman added Michelle McCarthy as a partner in its Los Angeles office and changed the name of the practice she joined to reflect the new line of services her addition brings. The practice she joins was renamed to Pension, Benefits & Investments Group from the Public Pensions & Investments Group. “Michelle’s deep, nuanced experience in

The U.S. has until mid-August before it runs out of cash, Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi told a Senate panel Tuesday, and the longer the debate over the debt ceiling persists, the more damage it will do to the economy and the financial markets. “That gives you about six months” to take action on

Keybanc Capital Markets has been added to the growing list of underwriters, which so far has included BNY Mellon, Jefferies, Oppenheimer and TD Securities, among others, charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission for violating its limited offering exemption. The Commission just began enforcing the failure of firms to acquire adequate disclosures from those purchasing

Voters in North Carolina may get to know a little bit more about the debt they will be taking on when they approve a bond referendum. A bill filed in the state Senate would mandate additional information be published with bond measures on the ballot. Senate Bill 99 was introduced in February by primary sponsors

The 2023 board of directors for Women in Public Finance will be chaired by Kayla MacEwen, a partner at Masterson Advisors, the group announced recently. Women in Public Finance, a professional networking group for women working in the public finance sector, aims to increase the chances for women to hold leadership positions by fostering relationships

The ongoing global regime shift toward higher interest rates and less liquidity will drive significant transformations of business investment and the allocation of resources. Given structural inflation pressures, we expect central banks will be less able to intervene than they historically were when exercising monetary policy to extend expansions and shorten recessions. Disruptions and dislocations

Municipals were a little firmer in spots Tuesday, while equities and short-term U.S. Treasuries sold off after Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell suggested interest rates could be hiked higher than expected to combat inflation. The two-year UST yield rose 13 basis points, pushing it above 5% for the first time since June 2007. The

The municipality that is home to the American Dream mall in New Jersey is suing its operator, saying it failed to make agreed upon payments in lieu of taxes. East Rutherford’s lawsuit, filed Friday in New Jersey Superior Court, asserts that despite pulling in “hundreds of millions of dollars” in revenue since opening in 2019,

Two Senate committees are raising the visibility of the housing shortage in the U.S., and weighing legislative action that could pave the way for more housing bonds. The U.S. Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on Tuesday to explore tax policy as related to the affordable housing supply, and last week the Senate Committee on

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s proposed fiscal 2024 budget and four-year financial plan tackles the city’s post-Chapter 9 pension funding cliff, offers some property tax relief and moves the city closer to fully shedding state oversight, he told the City Council. The city would draw $73 million from its proposed $1.3 billion general fund to make

The New York City Council opened hearings Monday into the preliminary $102.7 billion fiscal 2024 budget with testimony from some of the city’s top financial officials. The 51-member Council focused on the city’s efforts to fill vacant positions across its agencies, and to address union wage demands and hybrid work rules. It is holding a

(Bloomberg) –The recent appointment of a prominent Democratic economist to lead the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago is fueling friction over political partisanship in the US central bank. Austan Goolsbee became president of the Chicago Fed in January, but only after a contentious hiring process. Bloomberg News reported Feb. 17 that two of the Fed’s

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s reintroduction of a 2011-era rule proposal to ban conflicts of interest for sponsors of asset-backed securities could have wide implications for conduit borrowers and could raise borrowing and compliance costs for underwriters, municipal advisors and conduit issuers alike. The proposed rule would stop participants involved in securitization transactions from shorting

A plan for the owner of a senior living community in Plano, Texas, to emerge from bankruptcy faces a creditor vote this month, a confirmation hearing in April, and opposition from the trustee for nearly $66.8 million of defaulted revenue bonds. BSPV-Plano, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, filed the Chapter 11 case in the

Transcription: Chip Barnett (00:03):Hi, and welcome to The Bond Buyer. I’m Chip Barnett and my guest today is Ellis Phifer. He’s a managing director and senior strategist in the fixed income research department at Raymond James. He’s been actively involved in the fixed-income markets for over 25 years, split between fixed-income portfolio management and strategy

Unsteady leadership has challenged the financial stability of Wellfleet, Massachusetts, according to a state review of the town’s financial management that was recently made public. High turnover rates in key government positions over the last decade left the Cape Cod town of 4,035 without sustainable revenue streams and in need of fundamental reforms, the Division

Iowa-based UnityPoint Health and New Mexico-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services are exploring a merger that would create a system with $10 billion in revenues. The two signed a letter of intent to consider merging last week. Both systems will now pursue a deeper evaluation that could lead to a definitive agreement and regulatory approvals. Each would

Economic indicators did little to move fixed-income Monday as municipals were slightly firmer to start off the week, while U.S. Treasuries were a little weaker. Equities ended mixed. Tuesday and Wednesday will bring testimony from Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell and Friday will see the release of the February employment report. The market will

Turmoil continues at an Idaho community college district where management dysfunction was a major factor in a February downgrade. A Kootenai County district judge ordered North Idaho College trustees to reinstate Nick Swayne, the college president they had placed on administrative leave in December. Tumult that put its accreditation in jeopardy was cited when Moody’s

The fiscal pounding hospitals took last year from labor and other pressures nearly erased the fiscal 2021 recovery for hospitals operating margins that have June 30 fiscal year ends, with the full and bleaker accounting of last year’s strains still to come, Fitch Ratings said. The not-for-profit hospital sector’s bruising margin wounds last year are well known

U.S. District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain voided a 2022 Puerto Rico labor law, a win for the Puerto Rico Oversight Board, and perhaps an important precedent, according to an analyst. The law, Act 41, does not comply with the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act because it was not submitted to the