Career moves

State housing and economic development Secretary Mike Kennealy will lead the search for a successor at the commonwealth's finance and development agency.

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.

Five new muni professionals join Hilltop Securities’ debt and fixed income capital market teams; all of them came from Wells Fargo.

Memphis, Tenn-based FHN, a division of First Horizon Bank, announced Wednesday the hiring of two municipal bond veterans to its New York City team focusing on infrastructure in Evan Levine and Crystal Mullins.

Stifel public finance banker James Cervantes didn’t anticipate his retirement party would involve masks and social distancing.

Belsky's municipal experience ranges from top roles at a rating agency and investment bank to the halls of academia and city leadership

Market participants say the year long process to find a new leader for the Municipal Securities Rulemaing Board resulted in a good pick.

Kim, currently the MSRB's chief operating officer, will assume the post Thursday.

The firm hired seven new senior-level bankers in its fixed income division.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s search for a Treasury secretary is widely seen as focusing on Lael Brainard of the Federal Reserve, a choice that would keep both Wall Street and progressives in line.

The New York-based minority-owned firm now has a Chicago office led by veteran bond attorney Chuck Katz.

Five specialists from the former BB&T Capital Markets, now part of Truist, are moving to Hilltop Securities.

Jack McCutcheon, a former municipal bond trader and underwriter at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, discusses why he decided to shift careers to Catholic education after surviving the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks while working in the World Trade Center. Andrew Coen hosts. (23 minutes)

The Minnesota Management and Budget commissioner is moving to the University of Minnesota after a decade with the state, and his MMB predecessor replaces him.

As a director in public finance, Maura Davalos will focus on FHA-insured healthcare financings; she will be based in Jacksonville, Florida.

Clare Graca and Manal Keen will help manage expansion efforts.

The minority and woman-owned Siebert Williams Shank bolsters its Texas business profile with the hiring of Austin school district chief financial officer Nicole Conley.

Hector Matos brings years of experience as a Texas school finance expert and Citigroup banker to Raymond James' new San Antonio office, the firm said.

Huntington says the Michigan team that came over from Hilltop has experience covering local school districts and governments as well as the state.

Marshall will still keep her position as chief compliance officer as she also takes on the role of interim chief regulatory officer. Lanny Schwartz left his position as chief regulatory officer almost a year ago.