
St. Johns County Tax Collector, Florida Uses YieldAuction
March 27, 2003Grant Street Group, the Pittsburgh-based Internet auction house for fixed-income securities, recently used its money market investment platform, YieldAuction, to solicit a $1,000,000, 90-day CD for St. Johns County Tax Collector, Florida. Traditionally, government entities and school districts solicit bids from banks via phone. Using the YieldAuction website, state and local governments are able to… Read more »

Sioux County, Iowa Uses YieldAuction
September 3, 2002Grant Street Group, the Pittsburgh based Internet auction house for fixed-income securities, recently used its money market investment platform, YieldAuction, to solicit $225,000 of CDs from Iowa banks for Sioux County. Traditionally, government entities and school districts solicit bids from banks via phone. Using the YieldAuction website, state and local governments are able to solicit… Read more »

Butler County, Pennsylvania Uses YieldAuction
May 16, 2002Grant Street Group, the Pittsburgh based Internet auction house for fixed-income securities, recently used its money market investment platform, YieldAuction, to solicit $6,000,000 of CDs from Pennsylvania banks for Butler County. Traditionally, government entities and school districts solicit bids from banks via phone. Using the YieldAuction website, state and local governments are able to solicit… Read more »

Lexington County, South Carolina Uses YieldAuction
February 11, 2002Grant Street Group (formerly MuniAuction), the Pittsburgh based Internet auction house for fixed-income securities, recently used its new money market investment platform, YieldAuction, to solicit $5 million of CDs from South Carolina banks for Lexington County. Traditionally, government entities and school districts solicit bids from banks via phone. Using the YieldAuction website, municipalities are able… Read more »

Grant Street Group Launches New Money Market Investment Service
January 14, 2002In November and December 2001, Grant Street Group (formerly MuniAuction), the Pittsburgh based Internet auction house for fixed-income securities, used its new money market investment platform to solicit $13.5 million of CDs from Pittsburgh area banks. Traditionally, school districts and other municipal entities solicit bids from banks via phone and then simply deposit their funds… Read more »

Grant Street Group Announces New Document Posting and Distribution Services (DPDS)
December 11, 2001Grant Street Group announced today that it began offering its new Document Posting and Distribution Services (DPDS) to the investment community in early November. In addition to creating, archiving and electronically distributing Preliminary Official Statements (POS) and Notices of Sale (NOS), Grant Street posts Final Official Statements (OS) and other information to assist issuers in… Read more »

Capital Markets Still Functioning
September 12, 2001The State of Texas conducted a successful auction today using its investment website, www.BidTX.com, to purchase $70 million of 6-month certificates of deposit. The bidders–41 Texas banks–submitted 143 bids totaling $110 million, which compares favorably with results of similar auctions conducted by the State in recent months. “We are pleasantly surprised by the large number… Read more »

Opening of YieldAuction Website
In an effort to help money market participants recover from the impact of Tuesday’s tragedy, Grant Street Group is offering the use of its YieldAuction website — free of charge — to institutional CD and TD players. Our staff will be available by phone to assist you and your counterparties with website demonstrations and training…. Read more »

Pennsylvania State Treasurer Barbara Hafer Announces Plans to Launch BidPA
September 1, 2001Pennsylvania State Treasurer Barbara Hafer has announced plans to launch BidPA, an on-line auction platform allowing Pennsylvania banks to competitively sell Certificates of Deposit to the Treasury Department. Treasurer Hafer will hold two back-to-back auctions on a monthly basis for 3 month and 6 month CDs. The first two auctions will be held on Wednesday,… Read more »

Mellon Financial Conducts First Internet Auction of Custody Securities by Lender/Custodian
May 17, 2001Mellon Financial Corporations Global Securities Lending Group conducted its first Internet based auction of securities held in custody on Wednesday, May 16. Dealers submitted bids to borrow shares of a highly sought after equity in an open auction lasting 30 minutes. During the auction, bidders were permitted to see whether their bids were “leading” or… Read more »