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How advisors are using muni bonds in client portfolios amid a low-rate environment Bond Buyer

How advisors are using muni bonds in client portfolios amid a low-rate environment

CreditSights Senior Municipal Strategist Patrick Luby said that a generation ago, when the bond market was…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: December 29, 2021

Early coal exits, transmission spending to help utilities’ ESG records in 2022 S&P Global

Early coal exits, transmission spending to help utilities’ ESG records in 2022

"The ESG investment thesis for utilities has been shifting over the past one-to-two years, with…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: December 29, 2021

Muni Market Opens 2022 With Calls for Third Year of Record Sales BNN Bloomberg

Muni Market Opens 2022 With Calls for Third Year of Record Sales

“Potholes aren’t waiting for the end of the pandemic,” said Pat Luby, senior municipal strategist…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: January 3, 2022

Munis outperform UST selloff, ratios plummet Bond Buyer

Munis outperform UST selloff, ratios plummet

Forward delivery bonds saw an uptick in 2021, largely as another alternative to tax-exempt advance…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: January 3, 2022

Royal Caribbean Boosts Junk-Bond Sale to $1 Billion, Cuts Yield Yahoo Finance

Royal Caribbean Boosts Junk-Bond Sale to $1 Billion, Cuts Yield

James Dunn, an analyst at research firm CreditSights, is also constructive about the outlook for…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: January 4, 2022

Expect loan growth for Asia-Pacific banks in 2022, says financial research firm CNBC

Expect loan growth for Asia-Pacific banks in 2022, says financial research firm

Pramod Shenoi of CreditSights says Asia-Pacific banks are “well diversified,” and the company expects they…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: January 5, 2022

CreditSights: China To Stick With Property Deleveraging Bloomberg

CreditSights: China To Stick With Property Deleveraging

CreditSights Senior Credit Analyst Zerlina Zeng expects China to stick with its goal of deleveraging the…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: January 4, 2022

Hengda Seeks Delay; Yuzhou Property Unit Sale: Evergrande Update Yahoo Finance

Hengda Seeks Delay; Yuzhou Property Unit Sale: Evergrande Update

Worst Not Over Yet for China Junk Dollar Bonds: CreditSights

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: January 5, 2022

How advisors are using muni bonds in client portfolios amid a low-rate environment Financial Planning

How advisors are using muni bonds in client portfolios amid a low-rate environment

CreditSights Senior Municipal Strategist Patrick Luby said that a generation ago, when the bond market was…

creditsightsArticle published date: December 20, 2021

Cisar: Don’t assume credit cycle like March 2020 Bloomberg

Cisar: Don’t assume credit cycle like March 2020

Winnie Cisar, Global Head of Strategy at CreditSights, says it would be a mistake for…

creditsightsArticle published date: December 20, 2021

Higher ed sector rebounds, but smaller colleges face tougher recovery Bond Buyer

Higher ed sector rebounds, but smaller colleges face tougher recovery

“Everything I see rated A-plus and above is thriving,” said Pat Luby, a municipal strategist…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: November 23, 2021

Corporate debt investors brace for tighter financial conditions in 2022 MorningStar

Corporate debt investors brace for tighter financial conditions in 2022

The spread, or premium, investors earn on U.S. investment-grade corporate bonds (LQD) rose to near…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: November 29, 2021

Dalian iron ore futures leap on restocking demand at steel mills Reuters

Dalian iron ore futures leap on restocking demand at steel mills

"With iron ore inventory in China at a record high and as steel production keeps…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: November 30, 2021

Adler Defies Calls for Response to Fraud Allegations Yahoo Finance

Adler Defies Calls for Response to Fraud Allegations

There are again lots of promises and little detail,” CreditSights senior analyst David Shnaps said.…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: November 30, 2021

November volume spikes as issuers come off the sidelines Bond Buyer

November volume spikes as issuers come off the sidelines

Many analysts predict total issuance will fall short of last year’s $484-billion-plus record as December’s…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: November 30, 2021

China debt: there’s more than meets the eye Global Capital Asia

China debt: there’s more than meets the eye

The lack of transparency, for one, can have serious ramifications. This is especially as developers…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: December 1, 2021

Junk to Drive 2022 Muni Supply to Record $500 Billion: Joe Mysak BNN Bloomberg

Junk to Drive 2022 Muni Supply to Record $500 Billion: Joe Mysak

As Patrick Luby of CreditSights wrote, “individuals have shifted from direct ownership of individual bonds to indirect…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: December 1, 2021

Bay Area toll headwinds unlikely to pinch demand for $1.3 billion bond sale Bond Buyer

Bay Area toll headwinds unlikely to pinch demand for $1.3 billion bond sale

CreditSights in a Friday report described BATA as a strong credit due to its large, seven-bridge…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: December 3, 2021

China Evergrande Shares Fall After Warning on Possible Dollar Bond Defaults MarketWatch

China Evergrande Shares Fall After Warning on Possible Dollar Bond Defaults

The 30-day grace period for US$82 million of coupon payments on onshore and offshore bonds…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: December 5, 2021

Chicago ups refinancing to $2.2B after bondholders take tender offer Bond Buyer

Chicago ups refinancing to $2.2B after bondholders take tender offer

“They are deferring interest and if they are deferring interest how are they not slowing…

Maria AcevedoArticle published date: December 6, 2021