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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Benchmarks showed again that the short end was being hit hardest — 30 basis points up on the one-year and at least 10 up on the long end, but the entire curve was being cut drastically. The primary market was again at a standstill.
March 18 -
The municipal finance industry is dealing with minute-by-minute news of state-wide school closures, shuttered restaurants, curfews and canceled events. New issues are increasingly being put on the day-to-day calendar.
March 16 -
As COVID-19 wreaks havoc on global markets, munis try to keep pace.
March 9 -
Sowjana Sivaloganathan, who was municipal markets product manager at Bloomberg for the past 20 years, has joined Intercontinental Exchange’s ICE Data Services to focus on fixed-income product management.
March 9 -
Issuers of all sizes are taking advantage of the expanding taxable investor base — from institutions to international to SMAs — as the muni market evolves.
February 27 -
While scrutiny of climate risks grows for municipal bond issuers, so do opportunities to broaden investor interest.
January 30 -
Look for an expanded buyer base, including an international focus, as a new decade in munis dawns
January 14 -
As interest in climate change and its impact on munis have both skyrocketed, data and research providers hope to move the needle further on those issues for the muni investment world.
January 9 -
Nasdaq hopes to expand its platform, improve transparency and include many municipal issuers.
December 11 -
The data and news provide a more granular look at event notices, Fidelity says.
December 10
