Grant Street Group Marks 10th Anniversary of Country’s First Internet Bond Auction
November 14, 2007Grant Street Group, the Pittsburgh-based company that pioneered internet auctions of bonds, will be celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the first internet bond auction this week. At 11:30 a.m. sharp on Tuesday, November 18, 1997, the City of Pittsburgh, using Grant Street Group’s MuniAuction website and patented auction methodology, began accepting bids from investment banks… Read more »
Grant Street Group Hosts Huge Internet Auctions for Massachusetts $1.2 Billion GIC Auction and $164 Million Interest Rate Swap
August 7, 2007In a first-of-its-kind transaction, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts conducted two internet auctions back-to-back today: a $1.2 Billion GIC auction and a $164 Million, 15-year floating-to-fixed interest rate swap. Both transactions are related to the Commonwealth’s sale of GO Bonds. Grant Street Group served as Bidding Agent for the GIC and Auction Agent in the swap… Read more »
City of Los Angeles, California Conducts Largest-Ever Open Note Auction
June 26, 2007The City of Los Angeles, California, utilized Grant Street Group’s patented Internet auction platform to take competitive bids for $916 Million in Tax and Revenue Anticipation Notes. Twelve financial institutions participated in the open auction in which 62 bids were submitted. In fact, bidder competition was so keen that the auction extended for over six… Read more »
Grant Street Group Hosts Bond Auction for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
May 22, 2007The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania conducted a $373 million competitive G.O. bond sale on Grant Street Group’s MuniAuction website. Six Wall Street firms participated in the sale. During the course of the Open Auction, a total of 12 bids were submitted and the auction was extended for over 4 minutes from its scheduled end time. Commonwealth… Read more »
Grant Street Group Hosts the First Ever Electronic Auction of Convertible CABs
May 10, 2007Grant Street Group hosted the first ever electronic auction of Convertible CABs on its MuniAuction platform for the City of Perth Amboy, NJ. The $41.7 million of Bonds will initially be issued as Capital Appreciation Bonds, but will convert to Current Interest Bonds in 2012. The TIC calculation factored not only the purchase price and… Read more »
Zions Bancorporation Uses Grant Street Group Developed Site To Complete Successful ESOARS Auction
May 8, 2007Zions Bancorporation announced today that it has successfully completed its auction of Employee Stock Option Appreciation Rights Securities (ESOARS). Forty-three bidders participated in the auction for 99,418 ESOARS units. The market-clearing price was $12.06 per unit. ESOARS units were allocated to 21 bidders. A complete summary of the bidding, as well as further information about… Read more »
Grant Street Group Develops CD Auction Website For Zions Direct
February 27, 2007Zions Direct, member NASD, a non-banking subsidiary of Zions First National Bank, announced today that it has launched a new online auction platform for FDIC-insured Certificates of Deposit (CDs). Similar to popular Internet auction methods, the CD auctions available at www.auctions.zionsdirect.commay enable individual investors to receive higher yields on their CDs. The software for the… Read more »
Grant Street Completes Successful Implementations of TaxSys® in Florida
December 12, 2006In the fall of 2006, Grant Street Group completed the successful implementation of TaxSys® in three Florida Counties, representing 445,055 parcels and 72,036 active Occupational Licenses. TaxSys is a state of the art full service tax collection and billing system for Real Estate, Tangible Personal Property, Occupational Licenses and Tourist & Development Taxes. It is… Read more »
Grant Street Completes Successful Implementations of TaxSys® in Florida
In the fall of 2006, Grant Street Group completed the successful implementation of TaxSys® in three Florida Counties, representing 445,055 parcels and 72,036 active Occupational Licenses. TaxSys is a state of the art full service tax collection and billing system for Real Estate, Tangible Personal Property, Occupational Licenses and Tourist & Development Taxes. It is… Read more »
We Have the Responsibility to Make GICs an Honest Market
December 11, 2006The Bond Buyer – Letter to the Editor December 11, 2006 Nearly two years ago (Jan. 25, 2005) — The Bond Buyer published my letter to the editor: “Technology is the Ultimate Solution to GIC Bid Rigging.” In it I voiced my concerns regarding the old-fashioned, non-transparent process by which bids for GICs are received… Read more »