Podcasts

Duane McAllister and Lyle Fitterer of Baird talk with Chip Barnett about low rates and credit quality. They discuss the best scenarios for investors and issuers in these challenging times. (20 minutes)

Former New Jersey Department of Treasury senior staffer Bobby Rand explains why he thinks Gov. Phil Murphy’s $4 billion borrowing proposal to offset lost revenues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will exacerbate the state’s fiscal woes.  Andrew Coen hosts. (29 minutes). 

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)

Siddharth Singhai, chief investment officer at IronHold Capital, explores how pension funds can choose better money managers. Paul Burton hosts. (16 min.)

Nick Bucklin, vice president and portfolio manager at Franklin Templeton, talks with Chip Barnett about ESG investing and why municipal green bonds are an important component of an investor’s portfolio. (19 minutes)

Adie Tomer, a fellow at the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, talks with Sarah Wynn on the hopes for a future infrastructure bill and what form it could take before and after the November elections. (19 minutes)

Ashton Goodfield, head of municipal bonds at DWS Group, talks with Chip Barnett about how the municipal bond market has been coping with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and what's in store for the rest of the year. (22 minutes)

Kevin McClure, an associate professor of higher education at UNC Wilmington, discusses how college residence hall projects funded through public-private partnerships face significant headwinds stemming from enrollment challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Andrew Coen hosts. (23 min)

With continued economic instability as a result of the coronavirus, how will the US manage the uncertainty that appears to have no end in sight.

Anu Rames of BNP Paribas Asset Management talks with Chip Barnett about “digital inequality" and the financing mechanisms available to investors to help close this "have and have not" gap in a post-pandemic world. (14 minutes)