University of Michigan Successfully Auctions $89M in Bonds
March 21, 2012University of Michigan Successfully Auctions $89M in General Revenue Bonds with Grant Street Group Pittsburgh, PA (March 21, 2012) — On Tuesday, March 20, 2012, the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan successfully sold $89,520,000 of General Revenue Bonds on a competitive basis using Grant Street Group’s MuniAuction®platform. MuniAuction provides a unique online… Read more »
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Governor Martin O’Malley Announces $84 Million In Investment For Maryland’s Innovation Economy
March 15, 2012From PRWeb.com: Maryland first state in the nation to use online auction to raise funds for venture capital program InvestMaryland will deploy first round of funds to seed early stage companies this summer Annapolis, MD (PRWEB) March 15, 2012 Governor Martin O’Malley and Peter Greenleaf, chairman of the Maryland Venture Fund Authority, today announced that… Read more »
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No Hard Post-Game Feelings as Pittsburgh Firm Hosts Highly Successful Auction of Denver Municipal Bonds
January 12, 2012Pittsburgh, PA (January 12, 2012) — On Wednesday, January 11, 2012, the City and County of Denver, Colorado, sold $50,650,000 in Wastewater Enterprise Revenue Bonds on a competitive basis using Grant Street Group’s MuniAuction® platform. MuniAuction provides a unique online open auction format that saved the City and County over $258,000 in bond interest costs. Following… Read more »
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Indian River County, FL Selects Grant Street Group’s TaxSys® Suite of Integrated Web-Based Tax Collection Services
June 9, 2011Pittsburgh, PA (June 9, 2011) — Today, Grant Street Group announced the Indian River County Tax Collector, Carole Jean Jordan, has signed a contract with Grant Street Group for a comprehensive suite of tax collection software. The contract includes TaxSys®, a state-of-the-art, web-based tax collection and billing system, plus integrated tax collection software including LienAuction®,… Read more »
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Palm Beach County, FL Clerk & Comptroller Launches Online Foreclosure Auctions with Grant Street Group
February 8, 2010Pittsburgh, PA (February 8, 2010) — The Clerk & Comptroller of Palm Beach County is now conducting foreclosure auctions online using Grant Street Group’s ClerkAuction® platform at www.mypalmbeachclerk.clerkauction.com. Since the first auction on January 21, 2010, more than 900 participants from twenty states and two countries outside the U.S. have registered to use the new… Read more »
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Grant Street Group Announces Enhanced Build America Bonds (BABs) Electronic Auction Platform
September 4, 2009Pittsburgh, PA (September 4, 2009) — Today, Grant Street Group unveiled its new Build America Bonds (BABs) electronic auction platform, including a unique option that allows bidders to submit their strongest All-Or-None bid by designating each maturity as either BABs or tax-exempt bonds. Issuers using Grant Street Group’s bidding platforms — including MuniAuction® and other… Read more »
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Broward and Pinellas Counties Take Tax Lien Auctions Online with Grant Street Group
May 11, 2009Pittsburgh, PA (May 11, 2009) — This month, Broward County and Pinellas County will begin using Grant Street Group’s LienAuction™ software to conduct online tax certificate sales. Broward and Pinellas Counties join the 14 tax collectors in Arizona, Florida, and Maryland who have used LienAuction to sell more than $2.4 Billion in tax certificates. Broward… Read more »
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Grant Street Group and City of Baltimore Continue Online Auctions
March 2, 2009Pittsburgh, PA (March 2, 2009) — Following a successful three-year pilot program, the City of Baltimore will continue to conduct online tax sales using www.BidBaltimore.com, a website powered by Grant Street Group (GSG). Since the site’s launch in 2006, the City has sold more than 30,000 certificates, collecting $56 million in delinquent taxes. Janice Simmons,… Read more »
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Grant Street Group’s Auction Volume Exceeds $10 Trillion, 100,000 Auctions and 2,000 Issuers
September 12, 2008Pittsburgh, PA (September 12, 2008) — Grant Street Group, the Pittsburgh-based company that pioneered internet auctions of bonds, announced today that its auction websites have exceeded $10 trillion in total volume, and hosted 100,000 auctions for 2,000 issuers. Since the first auction in November 1997, Grant Street Group has grown to become the world’s largest… Read more »
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Grant Street Group Hosts Strong $3 Billion Auction for Freddie Mac
July 15, 2008Pittsburgh, PA (July 15, 2008) — On Monday, July 14th, Grant Street Group hosted a successful auction for Freddie Mac on its private-label website www.freddiemacauction.com. From the Wall Street Journal: “A closely watched auction of $3 billion in Freddie’s short-term debt drew more bids than usual. The company was able to sell its three- and… Read more »
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