Podcasts

Alan Anders, deputy director for finance at New York City's Office of Management and Budget, chats with The Bond Buyer's Paul Burton and John Hallacy about New York City's budgeting process, its bond financing program and where the city stands with investors and rating agencies.

What are the challenges of running a giant electric provider? Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) CEO Tom Falcone discusses his experience of leaving Wall Street after 13 years to run LIPA in the catastrophic wake of Hurricane Sandy. Hosted by Andrew Coen.

New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli discusses taking over New York's finances in midst of the Great Recession, the health of the state's pension fund and whether he has goals to run for higher elected office.Hosting this podcast is northeast regional reporter Andrew Coen.

In his first podcast as a member of The Bond Buyer team, municipal market analyst John Hallacy sits down with Morgan Stanley Wealth Management managing director and chief municipal bond strategist John Dillon to discuss a muni market strategy outlook for 2017, the potential for tax reform, sweet spots for investors along the curve, as well as a retrospective on 2016.

Maria Doulis of the watchdog Citizens Budget Commission and Howard Cure of Evercore Wealth Management discuss with Northeast regional editor Paul Burton what effect the Donald Trump presidency would have on New York City, and how the city can effectively govern itself amid the uncertainty.

In a far-reaching chat with Bond Buyer northeast regional editor Paul Burton, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin explains what Connecticut's capital city needs to turn its finances around, and what building blocks exist for the city's recovery.

Daniel Berger, Senior Market Strategist at Municipal Market Data, stops by The Bond Buyer to talk about the municipal bond market's performance so far this year. He focuses on muni bond fund inflows and outflows, he chats about healthcare securities in the wake of uncertainty around the future of Obamacare, and he looks at how the situation in Puerto Rico has affected its bond prices. And Gary Siegel, Fed Watcher for SourceMedia, explains what to look for at this week's FOMC meeting -- and what the Federal Reserve may have in store for 2017.

In a Bond Buyer roundtable, Northeast regional editor Paul Burton and markets reporters Chip Barnett and Aaron Weitzman explain how the muni market is a microcosm for a crazy year. They discuss issuance, yields, red-flag states, New York City’s finance.

Climate Bonds Initiative CEO Sean Kidney, in a spirited chat from London with northeast regional editor Paul Burton, charts the landscape for the U.S. municipal green bond issuance.

Thomas Ross, President of the Volcker Alliance, and William Glasgall, director of the group’s state and local program, stop by The Bond Buyer to talk about a new initiative called the "Truth and Integrity in Government Finance." The alliance has partnered with 13 academic institutes to work on a multi-year study aimed at helping U.S. states improve budgeting and fiscal sustainability.