Pittsburgh Uses Internet for Pioneering GO Sale
November 19, 1997From the Bond Buyer – Wednesday, November 19, 1997 Pittsburgh Uses Internet for Pioneering GO Sale Maturity-by-Maturity Auction Draws 26 Firms By Robert Whalen PITTSBURGH – Officials in this city yesterday took a bold step into the future when they became the first to auction municipal debt on a maturity- by-maturity basis exclusively through the… Read more »
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City First in Nation to Use Internet to Market, Sell Municipal Bonds
November 18, 1997City First in Nation to Use Internet to Market, Sell Municipal Bonds By Johnna A. Pro Just minutes into a bond sale yesterday, Mayor Murphy leaned over to two attorneys sitting in his conference room. “What time is it? I’m so nervous,” he whispered in between sips on a soft drink. The mayor paced back… Read more »
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Grant Street Advisers Is Setting Up The First Muni Bond Auction Website
June 4, 1997From The Bond Buyer – Pittsburgh, PA (June 4, 1997) by Richard Richtmyer Competitive bidding for municipal bonds is coming to the World Wide Web. Grant Street Advisers, a Pittsburgh-based financial advisory firm, has developed a prototype Website where issuers selling bonds competitively will be able to do so over the Internet. Called MuniAuction, it’s… Read more »
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