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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David Brownstein, who helped Jefferson County, Alabama, and Detroit return to market after bankruptcy, has opened a new firm that is advising the Oversight Board on its plan of adjustment for PREPA.
February 15 -
"Even though it is hard to see the market falling out of bed and underperforming in the near term, we are more cautious going into March," Barclays PLC said in a report.
February 9 -
Chad Wildman, executive director, Quantitative Strategies at FMSbonds, and Matthew Smith, founder and CEO of Spline Data, discuss how automation has repositioned the muni market and where participants can find value by using technology tools. Lynne Funk hosts. (45 minutes)
February 6 -
Munis saw smaller losses, outperforming a UST sell-off after the employment report came in stronger than expected, leading analysts to suggest Federal Reserve rate cuts may come later than anticipated.
February 2 -
BofA expects muni yields to continue to move up and credit spreads to narrow "in a slow and gentle fashion" in February.
January 26 -
LSEG Lipper reported Thursday that investors added $210.6 million to municipal bond mutual funds for the week ending Wednesday — the third consecutive week — after inflows of $898 million the week prior.
January 25 -
Growing new-issue supply is "adding to bidders' 'wait-and-see' mentality with a variety of credits coming to market at favorable spreads," said FHN Financial's Kim Olsan. Next week's calendar hits $8.4 billion.
January 19 -
Interest rate risk, stagnant bond volume, loss of revenue and a looming presidential election top the industry's concerns for 2024.
January 12 -
"Buyers went all in on revenue-sector names, with that category earning 6.8% and beating out GOs by 127 basis points," said FHN Financial's Kim Olsan. "Sub-sectors within the revenue category pointed to a risk-on theme into year-end."
January 2 -
This performance is a dramatic rebound from 2022's losses.
December 29
