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Henry Cisneros, Chairman & Co-Founder, Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC

If Republicans gain control of the influential House T&I committee, expect investigations into the rollout and spending of infrastructure dollars.

Green bonds; Social equity bonds; Racial equity bonds

Chief Economist Dr. Lindsey Piegza will look at the current state of the economy amid the ongoing pandemic and what it means going forward for overall growth, interest rates and monetary policy.

The September Federal Open Market Committee meeting may provide a turning point in monetary policy. Brendan Murphy, head of global fixed income, North America, at Insight Investment will offer his thoughts about the meeting and what to expect going forward.

Issuers and market professionals will discuss the distinctive challenges that confront California's transportation sector and the public finance strategies being used to meet the borrowing and credit needs of the sector that keeps our economy moving.

Robert Berry, Executive Director, CDIAC

Michael Ballinger, Publisher The Bond Buyer, The Bond Buyer; Marc Bauer, Partner, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; Andy Nakahata, Managing Director and Regional Head of the Public Finance West Region, UBS

Fiona Ma, CPA, California State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer

Issuers, their advisors, and sector professionals will discuss their view of these challenges amidst those of the broader market, and how they are approaching new project financing and management of their existing debt portfolio.

Issuers and other sector experts will explore the unique risks facing water and wastewater agencies and how they are using and structuring debt to mitigate a dynamic collection of risks in this sector.

Fiona Ma, CPA, California State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer

John Hallacy talks with Chip Barnett about how fiscal and monetary policy is affecting the municipal bond market. He discusses recent data releases, supply forecasts and the midterm elections and the future of ESG in public finance. (20 minutes)

Retail investors may be moving out of municipal bond mutual funds and into separately managed accounts, largely due to the headline shock of the massive outflows from the funds, participants say.

As the world reshapes its alliances around the Ukraine war, how will banks work with companies and governments to keep trade and the financial system running?

There are only four statewide bond measures appearing on ballots across the country, the lowest since 2010.

Former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins and others are concerned about politics entering public pension funds.

California school districts will bring 100 bond measures to voters in November, according to one advocacy group, up from 21 in June and 60 in November 2020.

Vern Buchanan appears to lead the way, but recent moves by Jason Smith to appeal to more GOP leaders make the race for chair of the Ways and Means Committee a tight one.