Lynne Funk is Senior Director, Strategy and Content, Live Media - Municipal Finance. She leads and shapes The Bond Buyer's six major events, serving as host, moderator, thought leader and brand ambassador. Lynne also is charged with creating innovative live media formats, including new conferences, virtual summits and podcasts to help serve our municipal finance community. Lynne has nearly two decades of experience in the public finance industry. She was most recently Executive Editor of The Bond Buyer. Previously, she was a director at Municipal Market Analytics, Inc., and in the Policy and Public Advocacy for the Municipal Securities Division at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.
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Munis are likely to lag Treasuries in some fashion once year-end empathy settles in mid-month and ratios become a factor.
December 1 -
After volume in November came in around $19 billion, the lowest since 1999, investors look to December.
November 30 -
It is unclear how or if the merger will affect IHS Markit's current work in the municipal space, but the firm had already been expanding its reach on a global scale.
November 30 -
Large blocks of New Jersey paper changed hands with yields that pushed spreads below 100 basis points on some maturities for the recently downgraded state.
November 19 -
Municipal yields rose as much as five basis points on the long end, but the losses were not as pronounced as UST. Light dealer inventories and scarce secondary trading let munis outperform Treasuries.
November 9 -
Northeast Women in Public Finance also names 12 Trailblazing Women in Public Finance.
November 9 -
Lynne Funk and Gary Siegel discuss how the election results will affect the municipal market, how the Fed moves forward and some winners and losers with bond ballot measure results and muni advocates who held onto their seats in Congress. (21 minutes).
November 5 -
Sowjana Sivaloganathan, director of fixed income at Intercontinental Exchange, and Patrick Smith, director of municipal evaluations at ICE Data Services, talk about how ICE and its Muni Curve has evolved in the muni space, the challenges COVID has presented and the transparency measures they have undertaken. Lynne Funk hosts. (30 minutes)
October 29 -
The election results will be the most important effect on the municipal market for the next six months, S&P Live Market Survey says.
October 28 -
Record new issuance in 2020 in the face of dealing with shutdowns, diminishing tax revenues and political unrest shows how resilient the industry is.
October 27 -
The issuer hopes to expand its investor base to lure European investors with the move and will explore conducting non-deal road shows to highlight its green and ESG efforts in the municipal market.
October 26 -
Ratings agencies, banks and asset managers are formulating strategies to address ESG as investors clamor for information.
October 23 -
Cameron Mock, chief of staff and senior fiscal advisor to the deputy governor of Illinois, Melissa Dubowski, deputy finance director of the city of Houston and John Markowitz, assistant treasurer of Transurban, join Innovation Editor Lynne Funk to discuss their day-to-day work navigating COVID-19 effects, budget stresses and the future of public finance post-pandemic. (25 minutes).
October 20 -
The increasing focus on ESG and innovation in the municipal market continues to grow as investors and issuers navigate a changing global market for state and local government debt amid COVID-19.
October 20 -
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Another week of inflows as reported by ICI and the municipal market continues to push on. There is money to put to work, sources say, depending on who is willing.
October 7 -
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Moody's cut NYC's $39 billion of outstanding GOs to Aa2 citing the effects of COVID-19 and also lowered the debt rating of New York State.
October 1 -
Kim Olsan, senior vice president at FHN Financial talks with The Bond Buyer's Lynne Funk about trading the municipal market in the COVID era. Olsan trades the short- and intermediate but she has some thoughts about high-yield and taxables as well. (36 minutes)
October 1
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