The volume of real estate debt, auto debt, student loans, bank debt, pension
debts by municipalities and states as well as private companies exceed their ability to pay.
Not exact matches
What this means is we've historically avoided exposure to
debt issued
by poorly - managed
municipalities.
A municipal bond is a
debt security issued
by a state,
municipality, or county to finance its capital expenditures.
Puerto Rico does not have access to Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection, the process
by which U.S.
municipalities renegotiate their
debt.
Also called «munis» for short, municipal bonds are
debt obligations issued
by a state,
municipality, or a county to finance its capital expenditures, such as construction of highways, schools, hospitals, and...
All
municipalities that take HUD grants are being funded
by taxpayer money appropriated
by the Federal government which is now $ 17 trillion in
debt.
By Joe Lanane
Municipalities postponing paying off the
debt of their development districts are sacrificing some flexibility to change project plans for the properties.
Similarly, New York is currently engaged in a controversial smoothing or «amortization» program to lessen the pension burden on hard - pressed
municipalities by letting them defer some pension
debt by up to 10 - to - 12 years.
Bond funds — also called income or fixed - income funds — are a type of mutual fund that invests in bonds and other
debt securities issued
by organizations such as corporations, governments, and
municipalities.
A
debt obligation issued
by a state,
municipality, or local government authority.
Muni bond funds invest in
debt issued
by cities and other
municipalities.
If the federal government goes this route, bond buyers could have additional investment opportunities beyond the
debt issued
by the affected
municipalities.
Issuers, whether they be governments, corporate entities, or
municipalities, are generally rated on their credit quality
by assessing their cash flow metrics (and their stability) against their
debt load.
Through derivatives, they offered a way to lower the current costs of
debt by having the
municipality sell options against their position that would force costs higher under certain circumstances which seemed unlikely, but were more likely than not.
The Fund's investments include
debt instruments issued
by a range of noncorporate entities, including government agencies, states, and
municipalities, as well as corporate
debt.
Notable mandates: Acted for Soltoro Ltd. in connection with its successful disposition
by plan of arrangement to Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.; co-counsel for Trillium Motor World Ltd. in class action against General Motors of Canada Ltd. and Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP; acted for Canadian Solar Inc. in connection with raising an aggregate of US$ 50 million in equity and US$ 100 million in
debt financing for acquisition financing and working capital purposes; external counsel to the Regional
Municipality of York, providing a wide range of municipal, real estate, expropriation, litigation, and commercial law advice and services; counsel to minority shareholder of a Nevis LLC worth more than US$ 500 million with respect to a claim for relief from unfair prejudice in litigation in Nevis and the Commercial Division of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in British Virgin Islands, and in contemporaneous related actions in Belize and the United States.
(3) The amount owed
by a
municipality for the police services provided
by the Ontario Provincial Police, if not collected
by other means, may be deducted from any grant payable to the
municipality out of provincial funds or may be recovered
by a court action, with costs, as a
debt due to Her Majesty.
Prior to the ruling, «issues had arisen whereby
municipalities had adopted policies which not only prejudice individual purchasers or sellers, but also gave
municipalities an easy way out of implementing effective
debt collection measures,
by holding someone else accountable for their failures»
This section discusses the issue of historic
debts (thus, older than 24 months) and was used
by municipalities to collect
debt from new owners.