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Colin Royal

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
16
Latest publication
Aug 18, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Bond Buyer
Top 5M sites
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Jul 7, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Colin Royal

    The importance of cloud tech and AI to muni market tools (opens the original)

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    Fintech firms are promising innovative measures to increase efficiency, enhance offerings and foment growth, as market modernization plays an increasingly important role. Much of this innovation is represented by new analytical tools and portfolio management programs. Their backers say each of these services addresses a particular need within the fractured market, and they all rely on the two most heralded forms of modern technology: cloud native technology and artificial intelligence. The compa

  2. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · Colin Royal

    E-trading is becoming more attractive to the muni market (opens the original)

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    Electronic trading is gradually gaining more influence in the municipal bond market, leading more market observers to recognize the value that e-trading can bring. "The municipal bond market continued its slow but steady acceptance of electronic trading in the second quarter, with 20.7% of volume executed through four trading venues, up nearly 3 percentage points from a year ago and up 10 basis points from the first quarter," according to a Coalition Greenwich report. There are two primary catal

  3. Article · Aug 11, 2026 · Colin Royal

    Federal government's Colorado River plan draws downstream brickbats (opens the original)

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    The Bureau of Reclamation's Final Environmental Impact Statement on the future operation of Lake Mead and Lake Powell marks the next step in the fight over how the states of the Colorado River basin get to divvy up the diminishing water resource. Years of drought have the river's two massive reservoirs near critically low water levels, as longstanding agreements that apportion the river's water to the seven basin states become increasingly hard to sustain. The river basin not only provides a cru

  4. Article · Aug 10, 2026 · Colin Royal

    Are public pensions embracing AI too much? (opens the original)

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    A number of public pension funds have invested a significant portion of their assets in artificial intelligence companies, drawing mixed reactions from market observers. While professionals had differing perspectives on the impact of AI as a concentration risk, most agreed the risk is increased for allocations to any equities. The Equable Institute, a non-profit that works with public retirement system stakeholders to solve pension funding challenges, estimates 10% or more of public plan assets

  5. Article · Aug 3, 2026 · Colin Royal

    Moody's upgrades Savannah to Aaa (opens the original)

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    Moody's Ratings said it upgraded Savannah, Georgia's issuer and general obligation unlimited tax-backed ratings to Aaa from Aa1. The agency has also affirmed Savannah's Aa1 rating for its outstanding water and sewer enterprise revenue bonds and assigned a Aa1 rating to its Series 2026 water and sewer revenue bonds. The outlook was revised to stable from positive. The city has an estimated $418 million of debt outstanding. "The upgrade of [Savannah's] rating to Aaa reflects the expectation that t

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