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Navigating the municipal bond market.
With debt issuance continuing to reach peak levels, local governments--particularly small to midsize issuers--are being bombarded with information and inquiries about opportunities in the tax-exempt market. Local governments preparing to issue debt to finance buildings, infrastructure, or other public projects need to understand the economy, market conditions, credit rating and insurance underwriting criteria, federal and state laws and tax regulations governing debt issuance, and a host of other important considerations. This article outlines many of these considerations and offers some insights into the current market environment in an effort to help local government ...
- Fitch Issues Updated Commercial Finance Companies Rating Factors.
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 28, 2002 700+ words
...Although wholesale changes have not been made to Fitch's rating factors, the rapid decline and ultimate bankruptcies of both FINOVA...Funding/ Liquidity; and, --Capitalization/ Leverage. 'Rating Factors for Commercial Finance Companies' is available on the Fitch...
- Repeal of Auto Rating Factors Means Disaster for Drivers in 51 of California's...
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 24, 1998 700+ words
...consistent with Proposition 103," Dunmoyer added. "Under the Court's reasoning, the 'weight' given to optional rating factors used for determining premium, such as traffic congestion, where a person lives, medical costs, age, sex, marital status...
- Statement by Barry Carmody, President, Association of California Insurance...
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 13, 2001 700+ words
...2001 First a little history. Former Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi established temporary, emergency auto insurance rating factors that he failed to finalize as permanent regulations during his entire term. Our members priced their products utilizing...
- Local governments and the EPA forge working partnerships. (Environmental...
- Newspaper article from: Nation's Cities Weekly Johnson, Randy April 18, 1994 700+ words
...management relationship are under way, as local governments and the U.S. Environmental Protection...strategies for environmental action. Local governments have long played a key role in improving...management. According to the EPA, local governments will be making 87 percent of ...
- E-Government.(local governments online)
- Magazine article from: Public Management Moulder, Evelina September 1, 2001 700+ words
...in this case, is for services. Local governments are slowly but surely transforming...Government Survey 2000. Selecting the local governments that responded to both surveys gives...search criteria. All of the 691 local governments that responded to both surveys and...
- House rejects exemptions for local governments from Cox reform...
- Magazine article from: The Bond Buyer Hume, Lynn Stevens March 9, 1995 700+ words
...yesterday that would have allowed local governments to avoid the bill's tougher standards...aimed primarily at allowing dozens of local governments hit with huge derivatives losses...would have permitted state and local governments to file securities fraud suits under...
- Local governments give strong support to changes in the U.S. legal system to...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 1, 1986 700+ words
...Ill., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Local governments strongly support changes in the U...survey, 84 percent of responding local governments rated modification of liability law...favored by a substantial number of local governments was increased use of intergovernmental...
- Key rating factors for Islamic banks: although sometimes complex, Standard &...
- Magazine article from: The Banker Hassoune, Anouar February 1, 2003 700+ words
The growth rate of Islamic banking services has outpaced that of "conventional" banking during the past decade, making it one of the most dynamic areas in international finance. The annual growth of Islamic financial institutions (IFIs) has heen an estimated 10% in the Gulf and almost 15% worldwide
