Article: Fitch Corrects Rating on Various Health System Bonds`.

Article: Prerefunded bonds.(Investment Roundtable)
The Bond Buyer;  May 17, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... lobbies issuers to get their prerefunded bonds rerated, Mires added ... obtain ratings for their prerefunded bonds are large and come ... portfolio when they were refunded. Obtaining ratings for prerefunded bonds boosts the bonds ...

Article: Fitch: New 'AAApre' Rating Designation for Prerefunded ...
Business Wire;  November 21, 2005 ;     659 words ... ... AAApre' designation for prerefunded municipal bonds. The ... the holders of the refunded bonds. These 'escrowed ... redemption premium on the 'prerefunded bonds.' Escrowed ... required payments on the refunded bonds until maturity ... Guidelines for Rating Prerefunded Municipal Bonds ...

Article: Rating Agencies: Fitch Debuts 'AAApre' Notation to Indicate ...
The Bond Buyer;  November 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... rating designation for prerefunded municipal bonds. The new ... escrowed, they are considered prerefunded. To date, refunding issuance ... required payments on the refunded bonds until maturity or earlier ... preceding hatchmark, for prerefunded debt, but the distinction ...

Article: Prerefunded bonds are big attraction to defensive ...
The Bond Buyer;  November 28, 1995 ;     700+ words ...Short-term, prerefunded bonds have been top sellers for Southwest ... I sold two 50-bond pieces pre-refunded to (a) 1996 (call)," he said ... There's always a market for prerefunded bonds," he said. "It's a defensive ...

Article: Rerating prerefunded debt: is paying the second time worth ...
The Bond Buyer;  May 2, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Some prerefunded bonds are more equal than others ... agency to rerate an issue that gets prerefunded - but their bonds pay the price by ... asterisk - indicating that the bonds are prerefunded and that Moody's expresses no opinion ...

Article: Prerefunded Perks: Safe Securities Offer Extra Yield Over ...
The Bond Buyer;  August 26, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... year has left behind a hefty supply of prerefunded and escrowed to maturity municipal bonds ... maturity; otherwise, they are considered prerefunded until their first call date and continue ... deals this year, so there are a lot of prerefunded bonds," said Philip Kligman, a trader ...

Article: Selling ultra-safe prerefunded bonds to former risk ...
The Bond Buyer;  May 9, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... McColskey said he uses ultra-safe prerefunded bonds to offset that volatility ... municipal bond market and preferably the prerefunded market," he said. In fact, 90 ... municipals that McColskey manages is in prerefunded bonds, he said. "What I like about ...