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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Analysts are taking the view that muni investors expect higher taxes and are brushing off inflation concerns. U.S. Treasuries are another story.
May 20 -
The Investment Company Institute reported another week of inflows, but at a lower clip than recent weeks with $541 million coming into municipal bond mutual funds.
May 19 -
BondLink and ICE said the deal will provide issuers with direct access to real-time market data as they come to market and throughout the lifecycle of a bond.
May 19 -
The new-issue market came alive with two high-grade competitive loans and the speculative-grade Pacific territory pricing bonds to strong demand.
May 18 -
After facing outside economic data pressures and rising U.S. Treasuries, municipals ended the week on solid footing ahead of a larger calendar with newly upgraded Connecticut leading with $1 billion of exempt and taxable GOs.
May 14 -
Refinitiv Lipper reported $750 million of inflows into municipal bond mutual funds for the week ending May 12 while high-yield funds saw $487 million of inflows.
May 13 -
While the pressure was on municipal yields, which rose two to four basis points, the Investment Company Institute reported another week of inflows, with $928 million coming into municipal bond mutual funds and another $285 million into ETFs.
May 12 -
First quarter FDIC data show a $10.75 billion-plus jump in U.S. banks’ net purchases of municipal securities, the eighth biggest quarter since 2003, MMA says.
May 11 -
A disappointing jobs report gives credence to the Federal Reserve’s concern about slack in the labor market.
May 7 -
Refinitiv Lipper reported $584 million of inflows, $341 million of which went to high-yield, as investors pull back on reinvesting to pay tax bills with the May 17 tax filing deadline looming.
May 6
