Basis Points: Increases in Short-Term Interest Rates
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates again last week by 0.75%. Movements in the fed funds rate are closely related to short-term treasu
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Georgina Walleshauser
Jul 5, 20223 min read
Considerations for Reserve Funds in the Current Market
The current market is allowing borrowers to realize significant interest earnings through the reinvestment of their debt...
Georgina Walleshauser
May 9, 20222 min read
Basis Points - Taking Advantage of Intraday Volatility
The current market continues to produce extremely volatile interest rates from week to week, day to day, and even intraday...
Georgina Walleshauser
Mar 25, 20222 min read
Basis Points - Significant Increase in Yields for Project Funds in the Current Market
The first increase in the Fed Funds rate since 2018 was anticipated by the market months before it occurred...
Blue Rose Marketing
Feb 7, 20222 min read
Final IRS LIBOR Transition Guidance
The Internal Revenue Service published its final regulations on January 4th for the LIBOR transition.
Blue Rose Marketing
Dec 10, 20212 min read
Project Delayed? Revisit Your Investments
Some issuers recently have started rethinking a choice they made a year ago to invest their bond proceeds for construction funds...
Blue Rose Marketing
Nov 9, 20212 min read
Basis Points - SLGS Window Remains Closed with New Debt Ceiling
The U.S. government’s debt limit was raised to $28.9 trillion on October 15, 2021 to resolve a pending debt ceiling crisis.
Blue Rose Marketing
Sep 24, 20212 min read
Basis Points - When Will The SLGS Window Reopen?
With the U.S. fiscal year ending on September 30th when government funding is set to expire...
Blue Rose Marketing
Sep 2, 20212 min read
Basis Points - Future Opportunities with Cash Funded Escrows
By: Sam Gruer, Managing Director | Minneapolis, MN | September 2, 2021 The recent closure of the SLGS window combined with the extremely...
Blue Rose Marketing
Jul 21, 20213 min read
Special News Alert - Pending SLGS Window Closure
The debt ceiling for the United States is currently suspended until July 31 & at that time, it will be set to the amount of debt on that day
Blue Rose Marketing
Jul 16, 20212 min read
Basis Points - Debt Service Reserve Funds in the Current Market
In the current market, debt service reserve funds create negative arbitrage for issuers due to the difference...
Blue Rose Marketing
May 27, 20211 min read
Basis Points - Refunding Escrows
Blue Rose has experience in structuring, restructuring, and procuring open market escrow portfolios.
Blue Rose Marketing
May 12, 20212 min read
Basis Points - SLGS Window Reclosing?
As we’ve written previously, the debt ceiling for the United States is currently suspended until July 31, 2021...
Blue Rose Marketing
Apr 6, 20212 min read
Basis Points - LIBOR Phase-out Update
A few weeks ago, Blue Rose and its sister company, HedgeStar, hosted a webinar relating to the phase-out of the LIBOR Index...
Blue Rose Marketing
Feb 26, 20212 min read
Basis Points: Benefit of OMS to SLGS in a Positively Sloping Yield Curve Environment
In past newsletters, we’ve often discussed the impact of an inverted yield curve environment on refunding escrows.
Blue Rose Marketing
Feb 4, 20212 min read
Basis Points - Recent Developments in the Repo Market
In the past, Blue Rose has written about the use of Guaranteed Investment Contracts (“GICs”) and compared them with Flexible Repurchase...
Blue Rose Marketing
Dec 3, 20202 min read
Basis Points: LIBOR Fallback Protocol – Should you adhere?
By: Sam Gruer, Managing Director As regular readers of Basis Points are aware, the London Interbank Offering Rate (LIBOR) is expected to...
Blue Rose Marketing
Nov 6, 20202 min read
Gaining Liquidity by Liquidating Long-Dated Investment Contracts
By: Georgina Walleshauser, Associate Prior to the financial crisis, long-term interest rates were significantly higher than where they...
Blue Rose Marketing
Sep 25, 20202 min read
Basis Points: LIBOR / SOFR Update
By: Brandon Lippold, Assistant Vice President Since Blue Rose’s last update on the transition from LIBOR to SOFR the ARRC continues to...
Blue Rose Marketing
Sep 3, 20202 min read
The Perks of Hiring an Escrow Advisor
By Georgina Walleshauser, Associate It is typical for issuers with an upcoming refunding transaction to engage an escrow bidding...
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