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Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bondholders asked the bankruptcy court Monday to dismiss the proceedings as a step to appointing a receiver for the authority after the Oversight Board abruptly ended mediation Saturday morning. The bondholders may get to choose the receiver for the authority, which could “set affordable and sustainable electricity rates sufficient for
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With their revenues beating expectations through stronger-than-expected tax receipts and federal pandemic aid, many states have used the extra funds to pay down unfunded pension liabilities accrued in some cases over decades, according to a Pew Charitable Trusts report on state pension systems. The combination of increased contributions and surging investment returns “has had a
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Puerto Rico’s government is taking steps to restructure Municipal Finance Agency bonds and other government debt. Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority, which oversees debt for the administration of Gov. Pedro Pierluisi, on Friday told The Bond Buyer it would seek to restructure the MFA bonds and other non-bonded debt.  To pursue a
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Municipals were weaker in spots Wednesday as mutual funds continued to see more outflows, while U.S. Treasuries and equities were mixed. Two- and three-year muni-UST ratios are around 64% to 65%. The five-year was at 70%, the 10-year at 83% and the 30-year at 103%, according to Refinitiv MMD’s 3 p.m. read. ICE Data Services
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Fitch Ratings upgraded New Jersey’s issuer default rating to A from A-minus and raised the ratings on the state’s $5.5 billion of general obligation bonds and $484 million of Garden State Preservation Trust revenue bonds that are linked to or capped by the state’s IDR. Fitch also raised the state’s qualified bond program and school
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Fitch Ratings said it raised the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia’s $311.4 million of Project One senior lien power revenue bonds to A from A-minus and $1.2 billion of Project One subordinated bonds to A-minus from BBB-plus. Fitch also upgraded MEAG’s $101.1 million of general resolution senior lien power revenue bonds to A from A-minus
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