Borough of State College, Pennsylvania Turns to Web to Pay for Town Hall
July 9, 2000From the Centre Daily Times – State College, PA (July 9, 2000) by Stephenie Steitzer Pittsburgh, PA (July 9, 2000) — The borough of State College, Pennsylvania is jumping on the Internet ship in an effort to stay afloat in today’s fast-paced electronic world. On Monday afternoon, borough council will accept bids via the Internet… Read more »
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FHLBanks Launch New Internet-Based Discount Note Auctions
January 11, 2000Successful Sale Totals Over $2.4 billion Pittsburgh, PA (January 11, 2000) — The Federal Home Loan Bank System, the nation’s largest source of home mortgage credit, today launched their first ever competitive discount note auction over the internet. Using a customized platform created by AgencyAuction, a unit of MuniAuction, Inc., the 15 member Selling Group… Read more »
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A Secondary Market First: MuniAuction to Host Online Trades Dec. 15
December 6, 1999From the Bond Buyer – Pittsburgh, PA (December 6, 1999) by Jennifer Karchmer For the first time, institutional buyers and sellers of municipal bonds will meet next week over the Internet in secondary market trading through a Website powered by the Pittsburgh-based online bond bidding service MuniAuction. Participants will log onto the Website for the… Read more »
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Investors Take a Turn at Bat: Pittsburgh GOs Split Between Street, Direct Buyers in First-of-Its-Kind Sale
November 10, 1999From the Bond Buyer – Pittsburgh, PA (November 10, 1999) by Jennifer Karchmer and David Hoffman The first test of institutional investors’ appetite for buying municipal bonds directly from their issuers – yesterday’s $56.9 million Pittsburgh general obligation bond sale – produced mixed results. Traditional broker-dealers provided more than three times as many bids than… Read more »
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Pittsburgh Offers a New Web Option
October 12, 1999From the Bond Buyer – Atlanta, GA (October 12, 1999) by Robert Whalen and David Hoffman Pittsburgh may again rattle the status quo in the municipal bond market, this time by offering institutional investors the option to bid directly via the Internet on the city’s upcoming $55 million general obligation bond sale. Over the weekend,… Read more »
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E-Bidding Innovation: Ohio Begins Online Interim-Fund Auctions
September 28, 1999From the Bond Buyer – Chicago, IL (September 28, 1999) by Mary Wisniewski The Ohio Treasurer’s office next week will usher in a new era of electronic bidding when it becomes the first issuer to use its own private-label Website to conduct an online auction of state investment dollars. State treasury officials have no plans… Read more »
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MuniAuction Gets New Investors; Plans to Expand Into GIC Bidding
May 18, 1999From the Bond Buyer – Atlanta, GA (May 18, 1999) by Robert Whalen Even as the ink dried on a second private-label agreement with a financial advisory firm, MuniAuction Inc. was closing a separate deal with a Washington, D.C.-based investment group — selling a minority stake in the company for $6 million. The cash fronted… Read more »
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Upcoming Tennessee Note Deal Marks Internet First
April 13, 1999From the Bond Buyer – Atlanta, GA (April 13, 1999) by Robert Whalen The Tennessee Local Development Authority is breaking new ground by electronically selling $33 million of bond anticipation notes next week. The Ban deal, scheduled for April 22, marks the first time short-term tax- exempt debt securities will be electronically sold. Bids will… Read more »
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PFM Site’s Bond Sale, Its First, Goes Off Without a Hitch
March 31, 1999From The Bond Buyer – Harrisburg, PA (March 31, 1999) by Ivan Cintron Public Financial Management Inc. completed the first competitive bond sale over its new private-label Website last Thursday, attracting several out- of-state bidders, according to sources involved with the deal. The sale of $10 million of general obligation bonds by Monroeville, Pa., through… Read more »
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AON Bids Win Airport Bonds in N.Y. State’s First Maturity-by-Maturity Offering
November 20, 1998From The Bond Buyer – New York, NY (November 20, 1998) by Rober Whalen Maturity-by-maturity bidding was offered over the Internet in New York for the first time when the Albany County Airport Authority sold two series of revenue bonds through the MuniAuction Inc. bidding system. But for the second time in three MuniAuction sales,… Read more »
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