China announced “historic” steps to stabilize the crisis-hit property sector on May 17, 2024, allowing local governments to buy “some” apartments, relaxing mortgage rules and pledging to deliver unfinished homes. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese authorities on Friday pledged new support for state-owned enterprises to enable them to buy unsold apartments,
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Municipal bonds saw a touch of weakness in spots as the last large issues of the week priced while municipal bond mutual fund flows show retail engaged and high-yield continuing to outperform the broader investment-grade market. U.S. Treasuries faced some pressure on a slew of economic data and Fed speak that gave participants pause on
Exchange-traded funds have seen inflows over the past several weeks as demand grows, showing improved retail investor sentiment and a better market environment overall. LSEG Lipper reported muni ETFs saw $91 million of inflows for the week ending Wednesday after $922 million of inflows the week ending May 8, while the Investment Company Institute reported
Texas Capital is starting a public finance business in Texas, hiring a former UBS Financial Services investment banker, the company announced Wednesday. The move by the Dallas-based financial services firm comes as the ranks of underwriters in Texas have thinned under state laws that prohibit contracts with companies that “boycott” or “discriminate” against the fossil
The judge in the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bankruptcy rejected a bond party request that she consider new evidence of the authority’s ability to pay back debt. U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain released her three-paragraph ruling Wednesday afternoon. Swain said the bondholders who asked her to consider new LUMA Energy projections of electricity
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The municipal finance market is rallying behind legislation that Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., introduced this week that hits all the market’s top priorities: restoring tax-exempt advance refunding, creating a new taxable direct-pay tool and lifting the cap for small borrower bank-qualified bonds. Sewell, a former public finance attorney and senior member of the House Committee
Sales at New Jersey’s municipal bond-financed American Dream mega mall soared in the first quarter as consumers demonstrated continued demand following the busy holiday shopping period. Gross sales for the mall’s retail, attractions, entertainment, dining and parking rose 27% to just under $148 million in the first quarter compared to the same period a year
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Back in 2020, when then US president Donald Trump threatened to ban TikTok because of alleged Chinese influence, Microsoft tried and failed to buy the app’s US operation — a move that chief executive Satya Nadella later dubbed “the strangest thing” he had ever done. Now events are becoming even stranger. Last month President Joe
After nearly a year of negotiations and four short-term extensions, and a week after the Senate passed it, the House Wednesday approved a bipartisan $105 billion Federal Aviation Administration bill, sending it to President Joe Biden’s desk two days before the agency’s spending runs out. The 387-26 vote passed a bill that features a solid bump