He says bond issues, which represent long - term borrowing by taxpayers, are traditionally used for infrastructure projects like subway improvements, bridges or other long - lived items.
Patty Eagleton, park district director,
said the bond issue will cost the district $ 291,262 in interest payments, based on a 6.63 percent interest rate, over 10 years.
Baer
said the bond issue will cover renovation of five playgrounds, resurfacing of parking lots and replacement of equipment, including trucks, tractors and mowers.
Not exact matches
The premier
said the green
bonds don't preempt the panel's work, because they address the broader
issue of building infrastructure across Ontario.
TORONTO — Ontario will be the first in Canada to
issue so - called green
bonds next year to generate the billions of dollars that's needed to expand public transit, Premier Kathleen Wynne
said Wednesday.
Wesfarmers
says it will raise about $ 864 million through a
bond issue under its Euro Medium Term Note program.
The Department of Justice
said in a news release that «these
bonds were
issued by the former Republic of China prior to losing power to the communist government in 1949.
Serge Pepin, the head of BMO Investments,
says people should consider corporate or high - yield
bonds — also known as junk
bonds — which pay higher yields than federal
issues.
Tighter regulation on
bond markets has crimped appetite for
bonds in the region, he
said, noting that subscriptions for three government
bonds issued at the end of last year lagged expectations.
China may witness its first local government
bond defaults, although the timing was uncertain, Fitch Ratings
said in a press release
issued on Sunday, amid persistent concerns over high debt levels in the world second largest economy.
«The pricing and performance of the new
issues this week indicates the demand for
bonds has remained strong despite the broader market weakness,» Yuriy Shchuchinov, credit strategist at BofAML,
said in a note to clients.
In the past year, Canadian securities regulators have raised the bar for exempt - market dealers, requiring them to be registered and
bonded,
issue an offering memorandum with every deal and provide audited financial statements to investors annually,
says Sand, who supports this new layer of assurance.
«During the Harrison years, they had labour
issues now and then,»
says Kam Hon, managing director at
bond rating agency DBRS, «but the disrupt ions were never extensive, so it never really hurt CN's performance.»
The other hot - button
issue,
says Caldwell, is getting lawmakers and employers to understand the importance of family
bonding and attachment — something which feeds into the aforementioned
issue.
«Apple of course has huge amounts of cash, but... the cost of borrowing now is so unbelievably low that
issuing long - term
bonds... is actually a very smart thing,» Schwarzman
said on CNBC.
Those payments cover both the loan payment to the state and 90 percent of the annual debt service on
bonds the city
issued to build the arena, city Finance Director Todd Hurley
said.
How legislators handle all these
issues could have a direct impact on the
bond market,
says Tom DeMarco, CFA ®, a market strategist in Fidelity Capital Markets» fixed - income division.
He
said that the central bank would not buy more than 33 percent of any country's outstanding
bonds, nor more than 25 percent of any
bond issue.
Oppenheimer, the large mutual fund company, also owned some of the
bonds issued by Remington, but
said it sold its debt holdings last year.
«Bitcoin is not a stock, not a
bond and not a recognized currency that any government
issues or supports,» Kaplan
said.
«Reports are that Poland is also looking to
issue a sovereign green
bond in the near future,»
says Katugampola.
In a press release government officials reaffirmed the country's role in meeting commitments under the Paris Agreement and
said France wants to be the first to
issue a sovereign green
bond in 2017.
Although there is no indication yet that Aramco would want yuan for its oil, the Saudis
said a couple of weeks ago that they would be willing to consider
issuing yuan - denominated
bonds, in what could be a break from the practice to
issue debt only in U.S. dollars.
Issuing international
bonds through controlled entities in offshore centers allows Chinese and Brazilian firms to reach investors that would find it difficult to invest in their local markets, the BIS
says.
China could allow local government to
issue more special
bonds to support government spending on urban redevelopment and infrastructure investment to shore up domestic demand,
said Xing from Morgan Stanley.
«Utilizing Green
Bonds is a win - win,»
says Vermont State Treasurer, Beth Pearce, in a press release
issued in October.
In the May 28
issue of my Wagner Daily newsletter, I
said, «Are institutions running from the stock market and into
bonds?
* Example of
bond yield fluctuation:
Say a company
issued a $ 1,000
bond paying 5 % interest and an investor buys one.
Goldman Sachs defended its action,
saying it bought the
bonds —
issued in 2014 by state - run oil company PDVSA — with the hope that life in Venezuela will improve.
This is why as soon as WeWork, the US shared office space company,
said it wanted to
issue $ 500 million of high yield
bonds, we saw morale perk up and investors dive into the new issuance.
So let's
say new
bonds being
issued are now paying 5.5 percent.
SandRidge
issued $ 1.25 billion in
bonds last month, which gives the company the liquidity it needs, Wilson
said.
Fiddyment
said she was outraged because of the potential tax impact of that action and began fighting the board, seeking a referendum on the
bond issue.
The dispute began after the park board
said it planned to
issue up to $ 16 million in
bonds for land acquisition and construction.
At Stevenson, voters» approval of a
bond issue in 1994 allowed the school to add a pool, performing arts center, 30 classrooms and computer labs, Galloway
said.
Administration officials
said that another goal of the lawsuit is to delay a proposed $ 50 million park district
bond issue.
Representatives of the Carol Stream Youth Baseball Association, Football Association and Soccer Association
said they would consider restoring support for the
bond issue if the park district agrees to release all executive session minutes dealing with land acquisition.
Committee members
said they hoped that the project's smaller price tag of $ 6.5 million, which would also come with a smaller tax hike or
bond issue, would be more palatable to voters.
Without authority to
issue such non-referendum
bonds, the park district would be severely limited in its ability to renovate the parks through such means as reroofing, resurfacing tennis courts, paving bike trails and improving playgrounds, he
said.
She also
said that the Park District, along with other park districts in Illinois, lost its authority to
issue non-referendum
bonds due to tax cap legislation approved by the state legislature in the early 1990s.
But last week, spokeswoman Monique
Bond said there is no formal policy, and CPS has been debating the
issue for «some time.»
The alternative,
issuing bonds and borrowing money, could cost taxpayers $ 4 million more because of interest payments on the debt, park officials have
said.
A supportive school board helped pass a
bond issue in 2000 and didn't flinch when the program failed inspection its first year, Coplan
said.
After reviewing the minutes, representatives
said they would continue to push for approval of the
bond issue.
The district could initiate a referendum
issue asking voters to approve such a
bond issue, Muno
said, but approval is unlikely in the current economic climate.
The district can not directly
issue bonds to build a facility because of the state «s mandated tax cap, he
said.
Enough residents of the Lockport Township Park District in northern Will County have signed petitions to force a referendum on a $ 6 million
bond issue planned by park district officials to pay for not only what they
say is a much - needed new golf course, but a recreation center and major renovations to the district «s other facilities.
The decline reflects that the Palatine - based district has paid off
bonds that were
issued for general improvements, district director Allen Baker
said.
Resnick
said the Park District may
issue bonds and use the revenue from Pelican Harbor to pay them back.
Park officials will begin to
issue bonds as soon as they have a clear idea of how they plan to improve the property,
said Terry Porter, director of parks and recreation.