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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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
