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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James Pruskowski, a nearly 30-year veteran of BlackRock, will be CIO and head of business development for 16Rock Asset Management LLC, a newly formed affiliate of 16th Amendment Advisors LLC.
April 19 -
Rising interest rates, market volatility and the loss of business and revenue top the public finance industry's concerns for 2023.
January 24 -
Views from CreditSights' Patrick Luby, senior municipal strategist, and John Ceffalio, senior research analyst, on everything from mutual fund flows, the evolution of the retail investor, municipal bond volume and important credit implications from transit, higher ed, airports, high-yield and more. Lynne Funk hosts.
December 20 -
It's not just the "right" thing to do; it's good for business, say the Freda Johnson Award winners, Massachusetts Treasurer Deborah Goldberg and Ballard Spahr's Emilie Ninan. They discuss how diversifying the industry is key to growth and success. Lynne Funk hosts.
December 6 -
Markets took the news that it will soon be appropriate to increase the Fed funds target rate at a slower pace as good news.
November 23 -
Nathaniel Singer, who has nearly four decades of experience in municipal derivatives and advisory space, has joined PFM.
November 18 -
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provides billions in grants for state and local governments. The challenge now is how quickly and effectively they can spend it amid an inflation–fueled rising–rate environment.
November 14 -
Colleagues and competitors alike note his underwriting experience is unparalleled in the industry.
October 31 -
The plan reduces HTA's $6.4 billion of total claims by more than 80% and saves Puerto Rico more than $3 billion in debt service payments, the Oversight Board said.
October 13 -
While October is typically a busy issuance month, 2022 is not shaping up to be as more issuers are sidelined by volatility. The primary market will see another light calendar in the holiday-shortened week.
October 7
