Today In The Markets

Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. As some state and local governments and their agencies look to redeem or refund their Build America Bonds (BABs), some questions have come up regarding the legality of doing so, especially as current interest rates may likely lead to an increase in

Paul Creedon, Citi’s former co-head of municipal banking and public finance, has joined Janney Montgomery Scott as head of national infrastructure to help expand the firm’s municipal and public finance team. Creedon has more than three decades of experience, “successfully directing business strategy for top-ranked public finance banking teams and serving the financing needs of

The Turnpike Authority of Kentucky approved the sale of $128 million of revenue bonds, with the proceeds to be used to refund the authority’s Series 2010B Build America Bonds. TAK Treasurer Steve Starkweather said he expects the authority to price the bonds June 6 with an all-in true interest cost of 3.216%. They are to

Municipals were little changed in secondary trading Tuesday as a large new-issue calendar took focus in the primary, led by a $1.5 billion retail order from the New York City Transitional Finance Authority. U.S. Treasuries were firmer across the curve and equities were up near the close. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Tuesday was at 64%,

Transcription: Transcripts are generated using a combination of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain errors. Please check the corresponding audio for the authoritative record. Michael Scarchilli (00:05): Hi everyone and welcome to the Bond Buyer Podcast, your essential resource for insights into everything municipal finance. I’m Mike Scarchilli, editor in chief of the

With passenger volume expected to keep growing, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is aiming to build its first new terminal in decades, while spending billions of dollars in the interim to address aging infrastructure.  Airport officials told the city council last week the terminal would be built on the site of two previously demolished terminals