Munis

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell recently sold more than $1 million of municipal bonds issued by various entities across the U.S. as tough new ethics rules took effect for central bank officials in the wake of a trading scandal last year.

JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America both lost substantial business in the state's lucrative municipal finance market following the passage of laws that ban discrimination against the firearms and energy sectors, according to new data.

Louisiana's Transportation Secretary and the former Assistant to the President for Infrastructure discuss the state of play in the U.S. P3 sector, the impact of the new infrastructure law, and what's in store for the next decade.

The Texas attorney general’s office is seeking more information on Citigroup’s gun policies as the bank stages a comeback in the state’s municipal-bond market after a GOP law upended its public-finance business there last year.

JPMorgan Chase was removed on Thursday from a $700 million Louisiana municipal bond deal after the bank’s stance on guns drew criticism from state Republican officials.

Citigroup won a municipal-bond deal in Texas on Wednesday, marking its potential re-entry into a booming corner of the municipal-debt market after a new Republican state law sought to punish Wall Street banks for their gun policies.

Citigroup says it’s prepared to restart its public-finance business in Texas after halting the operations in the wake of a new Republican law in the state that sought to bar it and other banks from such work as punishment for restrictive gun policies.

In her role as senior vice president of credit for municipal and corporate bonds, Urtz is overseeing a redesign of FHN's primary website for fixed-income transactions.

Bank of America and Citigroup, the top two underwriters in the $3.9 trillion municipal bond market, are at risk of getting shut out of Texas because of a push by Republican state lawmakers to punish the banks for their restrictive gun policies.

Hector Negroni, a leader in pushing the needle in municipal finance, talks policy, infrastructure, ESG and a growing global audience for investing in state and local governments.