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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High-grade deals priced and secondary trading showed bonds exchanging hands at yields higher than triple-A benchmarks in some cases, but a healthy two-way flow was evident, even if there are signals that yields have not yet hit a ceiling.
February 23 -
Data released Monday showed economic strength with further improvement ahead. U.S. Treasuries were off by five basis points but municipals saw aggressive eight to 10 basis point swings to higher yields across the curve.
February 22 -
Leveraging technology for the creation and distribution of both companies’ products while also providing transparency and educational tools for financial advisors, institutions and issuers, is key to the merger.
February 22 -
Muni yields rose another five basis points on the 10- and 30-year, bringing the total cuts to scales to 18 and 17 basis points, respectively, from Tuesday as the asset class moved closer to UST movements after lagging that market since the start of the year.
February 19 -
Muni yields have climbed double-digit basis points in a week but technicals remain strong. Refinitiv Lipper reports $1.96 billion of inflows into municipal bond mutual funds.
February 18 -
From the return of advanced refundings to a direct-pay bond option, Michael Decker and Brett Bolton highlight the work the Bond Dealers of America are focused on in 2021, and the challenges and ultimate resilience of the municipal market since the onslaught of COVID. Lynne Funk and Kyle Glazier host. (30 minutes)
February 18 -
The municipal secondary gave way to higher-yields and triple-A benchmarks rose two to five basis points. U.S. Treasuries pared back Tuesday's losses, even on the heels of better economic data.
February 17 -
The COVID-19 pandemic threw the economy into disarray, creating uncertainty in so many areas, and economists still don’t agree on the future of inflation. But they agree the Fed will need to adjust when the economy starts to improve.
February 12 -
Refinitiv Lipper reported $2.64 billion of inflows into municipal bond mutual funds. The overwhelming demand for the large deals priced this week demonstrates the flood of available cash that continues to support a strong market.
February 11 -
From ESG to infrastructure, regulation to legislation, SIFMA's President and CEO Ken Bentsen and Managing Director and Associate General Counsel Leslie Norwood discuss what SIFMA members are prioritizing on Wall Street and in Washington when it comes to munis. Lynne Funk and Kyle Glazier host. (34 minutes)
February 11 -
While most observers expect inflation to grow as the economy heals, the latest CPI numbers suggest that it hasn't yet arrived.
February 10 -
Even if there was some hesitation in the past few sessions to accept lower municipal yields given rich valuations, municipals continue grinding lower. One- and two-year AAA yields hit record lows of 0.06% and 0.08%, respectively.
February 9 -
Why has inflation remained low and how will the economic recovery impact it? Several experts offer their views as to whether inflation is or will be a problem.
February 8 -
KBRA said the development, weighting, and ranking of the key factors in ESG scores are endeavors best left to investors rather than to rating agency credit analysts.
February 8 -
The January employment report headline number disappointed while stimulus news lifted equities and U.S. Treasuries rose on both counts. Municipals ignored those moves ahead of another week of less-than-ample supply.
February 5 -
No rate hikes in sight as employment continues to struggle and inflation should rise this year, but not enough to force the Fed to raise rates.
February 4 -
Lumesis' president, COO and co-founder Tim Stevens talks about how AI complements the company’s pricing and scales software to predict the shape of a deal-specific municipal yield curve based on the structural and credit-characteristics and to use that predicted shape to fill-in portions of a yield curve that cannot be built from traditional means. Lynne Funk hosts. (35 minutes).
February 4 -
ICI reports a third week of $3-plus billion of inflows. Couponing is becoming as much a factor in inquiry as credit and issuers move to lower coupons in both competitive and negotiated deals.
February 3 -
Rich ratios focus buyers' eyes on a primary market that simply doesn't have enough supply to keep up with demand.
February 2 -
High-yield continues to be sought after as high-grade paper is yielding about 0.70% in 10 years and 1.40% or lower in 30 years and credit spreads continue to tighten in nearly every sector. Ratios are near 20-year record lows.
February 1
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