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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Accurate obligor identification can allow any matrix-based bond evaluation system to improve pricing accuracy and reduce manual intervention by pricing analysts, the firm said.
September 23 -
Ann-Charlotte Eliason, head of Nasdaq's Sustainable Bond Network, and Emily Robare, who leads ESG credit analysis for Gurtin, a PIMCO company, talk the current state and future of ESG, social, green and impact investing in munis through the lens of both domestic and international investors. Lynne Funk hosts. (38 minutes).
September 23 -
This deal is designed to expand MarketAxess’ existing municipal bond trading solution for global institutional investor and dealer clients, the firm said.
September 16 -
Municipals were slightly weaker on Tuesday as investors take stock of inventories and exceedingly low yields for a market that might be ripe for a correction.
August 18 -
A lot is at stake for the public finance industry in this fall's elections, in addition to the Fed's involvement in the municipal market. Bond Buyer editors Lynne Funk and Kyle Glazier discuss the climate in Washington. (10 minutes)
August 14 -
Investing in 'social' bonds is becoming more commonplace in municipals. Anand Kesavan, CEO of Equitable Facilities Fund, talks about its drive to help charter schools' funding, and its social, racial and equitable diversity of investments. Lynne Funk, Bond Buyer Innovation Editor hosts. (24 min)
August 13 -
The $141 million deal from Equitable School Revolving Fund and being run by RBC Capital Markets consists of national charter school revolving loan fund revenue bonds.
August 11 -
'How long, and how deep this will be?' Taxables, election, low-interest rates — how do these issues affect our market? Sylvia Yeh of Goldman Sachs Asset Management talks to Lynne Funk, innovation market editor (25 min)
August 6 -
The fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in municipal green bonds from issuers including states, cities, municipal water and sewer enterprises, transportation systems, universities, and hospitals, and others.
August 5 -
James Tricolli is out at RBC while Bob Spangler takes the helm and the firm looks to grow.
August 3
