Yvette Shields is a Senior Reporter at The Bond Buyer. She specializes in covering municipal news in the Midwest, with a focus on topics related to Illinois, markets, and urban areas such as Chicago, NYC, and California. Yvette's work has been featured in The Bond Buyer, where she brings a unique blend of expertise and a touch of snark to her reporting.
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By: Chip Barnett, Jessica Lerner, Karen Pierog, Yvette Shields, Scott Sowers
Bond Buyer 30-day visible supply climbs to $13.42 billion while the new-issue calendar is led by a $1 billion-plus New York City Transitional Finance Authority future tax-secured subordinate deal.
By: Scott Sowers, Chip Barnett, Yvette Shields, Jessica Lerner, Karen Pierog
The IFA and CWA launched a tender offer June 23 that closed Friday. The IFA and Citizens' tender invited holders of some bonds sold in 2014, 2016, and 2018 to tender their bonds as part of the water refunding.
By: Karen Pierog, Chip Barnett, Jessica Lerner, Yvette Shields, Scott Sowers
The airport's bond ratings were raised a notch to A-plus by S&P and to AA by KBRA.
By: Keeley Webster, Jessica Lerner, Karen Pierog, Yvette Shields, Scott Sowers
Moody's boost to Aa1 to the Desert Community College District affects more than half a billion dollars of general obligation debt.
By: Karen Pierog, Jessica Lerner, Robert Slavin, Yvette Shields, Keeley Webster, Scott Sowers
Nonprofit assisted living and nursing home bonds continue to be under stress, with defaults and impairments on the rise.
By: Karen Pierog, Robert Slavin, Keeley Webster, Jessica Lerner, Yvette Shields, Scott Sowers
The FOMB needs to return to its "deal mindset" so that we can end the bankruptcy at PREPA. While gaps remain between the FOMB's and bondholders' affordability analyses, they are not insurmountable.
By: Robert Slavin, Caitlin Devitt, Keeley Webster, Karen Pierog, Jessica Lerner, Yvette Shields
The group of banks would pay $68 million to settle the lawsuit, which originally estimated damages at $340 million.
By: Caitlin Devitt, Yvette Shields, Robert Slavin, Jessica Lerner, Karen Pierog, Keeley Webster
Long-duration and shorter-coupon munis saw ample demand last week. Investors, believing rates will fall as early as the first part of next year, continue to lock in long-bond yields, Nuveen strategists said.
By: Yvette Shields, Lynne Funk, Keeley Webster, Caitlin Devitt, Karen Pierog
The new class of groundbreaking, standout Hall of Famers will be celebrated at a Sept. 13 dinner to close out The Bond Buyer INFRASTRUCTURE event, which takes place on Sept. 12-13 at The Palmer House in Chicago.
By: Keeley Webster, Yvette Shields, Lynne Funk, Chip Barnett, Karen Pierog
"It's very rewarding to look back and say I helped that educational process get done, or I helped this hospital get financed," Hill Feinberg said.
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