Recently added articles from The Bond Buyer:
Invesco Bringing BABs to ETFs; PowerShares Fund Launches Today.(News)
Nov 17, 2009 ... Byline: Dan Seymour Invesco Ltd. today launches an exchange-traded fund designed to track the performance of taxable Build America Bonds - a potentially transformative product that has helped galvanize public finance in 2009. The PowerShares Build America Bond ...
NEW HIRES: Baum Aims to Lift Stature With Bond Hire.(Underwriters & Dealers)
Nov 17, 2009 ... Byline: Yvette Shields CHICAGO - Kansas City, Mo.-based George K. Baum & Co. last week re-established a physical presence on the other side of the state in St. Louis with a bang - hiring former Wachovia Securities' head of public finance Amelia A.J. Bond, whom the firm believes ...
Southwest Bond-Watch.(Southwest)
Nov 17, 2009 ... Byline: Jim Watts ARKANSAS Benton Nixes Tax Hike Voters in Benton last week rejected a 0.5% increase in the city sales tax for public safety efforts by a vote of 1,815 to 1,095. The tax would have generated $2.4 million a year initially. The tax ...
DEAL IN FOCUS: Harris County, Tex., Kicks Off First Of Three Issues Totaling $550M.(Southwest)
Nov 17, 2009 ... Byline: Richard Williamson DALLAS - Harris County, Tex., today will issue the first of three bond deals worth a combined $550 million. Today's $100 million pricing of tax-exempt permanent improvement refunding bonds will be followed by $350 million of toll revenue ...
LEGISLATION: Revised Senate Bill Released, Debate to Begin Thursday.(Washington)
Nov 17, 2009 ... Byline: Andrew Ackerman The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board would have more leeway to select members on a 15-member majority-public board under a revised draft of financial regulatory reform legislation released yesterday by the Senate Banking Committee. The ...