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Senior Vice President, Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co.

Director and Analytical Leader, Fitch Ratings

Managing Director, PNC Capital Markets

Chief of Administration and Finance, Collector-Treasurer, City of Boston

Vice President, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Vice President, Assured Guaranty

Vice President, Manager of Municipal Underwriting, Fidelity Capital Markets

Managing Director, Swap Financial Group

Head of Municipal Credit Research, Whitehaven Asset Management

Partner, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP

Director, Public Finance Underwriting at UBS

Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Vice President, Investment Banking, Citi

Fiona Ma will give the keynote at the Bond Buyer's California Public Finance conference. Elsewhere, the market is gearing up for another interesting slate.

The Federal Reserve is likely to cut interest rates this week as its takes out some insurance to keep the U.S. economic expansion continuing in the face of geo-political uncertainty and a global slowdown.

Fed still divided, but 25 basis point cut is a good bet.

It's the first week after Labor Day and investors are facing a hefty calendar with some big names.

Ahead of the Labor Day holiday, municipal bond buyers will get a chance to nab over $6 billion of bonds set to hit the market.

Houston also will offer investors $1B of utility system revs.

Investors will get to choose from a variety of new municipal bond issues heading their way this week with deals ranging from the San Francisco Airport offering to Maryland's triple-A GO sale.