Dan Callahan joined UMB Bank’s capital markets division as a senior vice president and public finance banker, the bank announced last week. Based in Austin, Callahan will oversee sales and business development, focusing on “UMB’s continued growth in the Texas municipal market through enhanced offerings in school municipal financing that will deliver sustainable results for
Fstop123 | E+ | Getty Images While housing affordability remains a challenge for many buyers in the U.S., conditions are somewhat improving due to lower mortgage rates. Buyers need to earn $115,000 to afford the typical home in the U.S., according to a new report by Redfin, an online real estate brokerage firm. That’s down
Labour’s conference in Liverpool should have been a celebration: the party has not held a gathering in power since Gordon Brown was prime minister in 2009 and its landslide election victory was secured less than three months ago. Instead, many delegates were subdued, their confidence in Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer shaken by a decision
Municipals were little changed Tuesday as the primary market picked up steam, led by two billion-dollar retail offerings and upsized deals for New York paper. U.S. Treasuries were firmer and equities closed the session up, led by the S&P 500 hitting a new record. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Tuesday was at 65%, the three-year at
Bond-financed redevelopment underpins Kansas City, Missouri’s plan to tackle decades-old blight and environmental issues that go back further in the Historic Northeast neighborhood. Clay County Commissioner Scott Wagner, previously a Kansas City councilman, told The Bond Buyer that “just the sheer magnitude” of this redevelopment project presented a challenge, but it stands a chance of
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Courtesy: Wojciechowski Family Real estate is a key puzzle piece in achieving the U.S.’ climate goals, according to federal officials. Residential and commercial buildings account for 31% of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, after accounting for “indirect” emissions like electricity use, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. That’s more than other economic sectors like transportation
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The sanctioned Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin generated revenues of more than a quarter of a billion dollars from his global natural resources empire in the four years before Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, according to
Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. Between the anticipated departure of the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and shifting spending priorities from the Senate Banking Committee, the past few months in the bond markets have been full of regulatory shifts — and the upcoming presidential
Municipals were steady to start the week while the focus moved to the hefty primary slate as several deals priced bonds for retail to good demand. U.S. Treasuries were slightly weaker and equities closed the session in the black. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Monday was at 64%, the three-year at 66%, the five-year at 66%,
The Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by a half percentage point, or 50 basis points, on Wednesday, its first rate cut since March 2020. Even before the Fed rate cut, some homeowners had already taken advantage of recent declines in mortgage rates to refinance. Refinance activity increased to 46.7% of total applications during the week
Enjoy complimentary access to top ideas and insights — selected by our editors. The top five bond financings in the ranking came in at more than $8 billion. The top 20 bond financings have a cumulative amount of more than $20 billion. Total issuance in August hit a record at nearly $50 billion. Scroll through
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. UK chancellor Rachel Reeves will try to counter claims on Monday that she has been talking the economy down, telling the Labour party conference there will be “no return to austerity” and insisting her Budget
The House is expected to be working the weekend in order to bring a vote early next week on the continuing resolution, the funding package that is Congress’ best bet on keeping the government open after the fiscal year ends Sept. 30. Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s six month funding package failed on
In this article COST TTWO NFLX Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The word “Netflix” shines brightly at the presentation of the new season (3) of the Netflix series “Bridgerton” in the Flora. Rolf Vennenbernd | Picture Alliance | Getty Images As the earnings reporting season draws to a close, many companies were able to
Andresr | E+ | Getty Images The Federal Reserve is poised to make its first interest rate cut in years on Wednesday. But homeowners shouldn’t bet on the move as an opportunity to immediately refinance their mortgage. That’s because “a lot of these rate cuts are already priced in,” Chen Zhao, the economic research lead
The death knell isn’t ringing for the tax exemption on municipal bonds, according to a panel at the National Association of Bond Lawyers conference, at least not yet — although the panel suggested the industry remind lawmakers of the role bonds play in their communities. The exemption remains an issue as policymakers will need to
Federal Reserve Board Governor Michelle Bowman.Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg The Federal Reserve cited slower price growth and a softer labor market in its decision to lower interest rates by a half percentage point this week, but one policymaker sees those trends differently. Fed Gov. Michelle Bowman voted against the decision Wednesday, noting that she would have preferred
Moyo Studio | E+ | Getty Images The Federal Reserve announced a half percentage point, or 50 basis points, interest rate cut at the end of its two-day meeting Wednesday. And, naturally, some Americans will want to make the most of the central bank’s first rate cut since the early days of the Covid pandemic.
Despite the pressure on U.S. Treasuries this week following the Federal Reserve’s 50 basis point rate cut, municipals closed out the week on track to post positive returns for the fourth consecutive month, the first time since 2021. Triple-A municipal yield curves were lightly traded and little changed while Treasuries saw small improvements for the
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