Election workers sort mail-in ballots Tuesday in Martinez, California.Bloomberg News California voters were friendly to municipal bonds in Tuesday’s election, with a few notable exceptions. The state’s voters passed two separate $10 billion state bond measures and put their stamp of approval on at least $42.8 billion of local school general obligation bonds. Tuesday’s ballot

A rendering of the Central Ohio Transit Authority’s bus rapid transit system.Central Ohio Transit Authority Bonds are part of the plans for a transit sales tax measure voters in Columbus, Ohio, approved this week. Voters in the Central Ohio Transit Authority service area approved a sales tax measure with more than 56% in favor. The

“We are very pleased to have Ari join HilltopSecurities to lead our structured finance and mortgage business,” Hilltop CEO Brad Winges said in the release. “Ari’s historical skillset and vision in the mortgage sector are key elements of why he is such an important hire for our firm.” HilltopSecurities hired Ari Kavour as executive managing

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20211105/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals rallied Friday, fully recovering the losses from Wednesday’s selloff, as U.S. Treasury yields were mixed and equities ended up. Triple-A yields fell nine to 15 basis points Friday, depending on the scale, as investors flooded back into the market after the post-election selloff and FOMC rate cut. Those

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20192719/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipals and U.S. Treasuries improved Thursday and equities ended mixed after the Fed cut rates 25 basis points and left the door open for further cuts in December. Triple-A yields fell three to seven basis points Thursday while govies were better by up to 11 basis points, retracing some

Jenniffer González Colón, a supporter of statehood for Puerto Rico, was elected the next governor of the island. Three of the five biggest bond referendums in the Southeast region passed on Tuesday, with voters agreeing to requests from Nashville, Tennessee; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Fairfax County, Virginia, and rejecting them in Cary, North Carolina, and

“We hope to act as a resource to the industry, trying to provide some additional knowledge, research findings that can help the market,” said Martin Luby, the Center on Municipal Capital Markets’ director.University of Texas at Austin The role of capital markets in financing infrastructure is the focus of a university-based center recently launched in

<img src=”https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/20173584/thumbnail” width=”100%” alt=”chart visualization” /> Municipal bonds sold off Wednesday, following U.S. Treasuries to much higher yields in a risk-on trade after a sweeping victory by former President Donald Trump and a Republican takeover of the Senate. Equities saw massive gains on the day. The red wave that took the presidency and the Senate