Christine Albano is a reporter in the Investor’s & Investing beat, which she has covered for the past two decades. She has a wide range of buy side sources in the municipal market and has covered trends affecting retail investors, institutions, municipal mutual funds, tax-exempt money market funds, and the high-yield beat. She has also written about some of the industry’s biggest issues, such as historic defaults in Orange County, Calif., Puerto Rico, and Jefferson County, Ala., as well as the collapse of the variable-rate demand market. In addition, she reported on the subsequent 2008 financial crisis, and the death of municipal bond pioneer Jim Lebenthal. She provided next day coverage of the impact on the municipal bond market of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, and recently interviewed The Vanguard Group Inc. founder, former chief executive officer, and investment guru John C. Bogle about the best investing advice for the municipal market.
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The demand component of the municipal bond market is continuing to drive firm prices,
February 25 -
Note issuance declined in 2018 as a result of tax reform, rate fears, and ongoing fiscal austerity sparked by state and local revenue growth.
February 25 -
Municipals will join corporates, Treasuries, agencies and certificates of deposit in the suite of products.
February 20 -
Portfolio managers look likely to drive demand for this week’s new issue slate, which totals under $3 billion.
February 19 -
Munis showed strength as traders returned to work on Tuesday after the three-day holiday weekend.
February 19 -
The state of Texas competitively sold bonds while the DASNY deal was priced for retail investors.
February 12 -
A warm reception is likely for the new issue supply that will be coming into the market.
February 8 -
Improved liquidity, spreads, and flows prompt some first-quarter adjustments.
February 5 -
The municipal bond market is in good shape ahead of this week’s $7.2 billion new issue slate.
February 4 -
Municipal primary volume will surge to $7.2 billion in the week of Feb. 4 from a revised total of $3.8 billion the previous week.
February 1 -
The N.Y. Metropolitan Transportation Authority sold over $1 billion of securities Thursday as munis ended stronger.
January 31 -
Panelists at The Bond Buyer's National Outlook Conference said state and local governments are on their own, at least for now, to fund infrastructure.
January 29 -
Municipals finished little changed on Monday in quiet activity.
January 28 -
Topics range from policy changes, regulatory developments, and pensions to interest rates, technology, and market opportunities.
January 24 -
Nearly a year after retiring from public finance, Hamel will share commentary on infrastructure and public policy on MMA's independent platform
January 23 -
A trader said lack of follow-through on long new issues continued to plague the market as the weekly calendar shrank to $5B of issuance.
January 18 -
The primary municipal market chugged along on Wednesday, as the two biggest deals of the week priced.
January 16 -
Buyer sentiment barely budged as new issuance flooded the muni market on Tuesday.
January 15 -
New deals were rolling in, with timing benefiting issuers as the market firmed.
January 15 -
The municipal bond market will see a plethora of deals hit screens for both institutions and retail, as sellers look for a change in buyer psychology from last week.
January 14
