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BondWave LLC, a financial technology firm focused on fixed income solutions, is bring on Pete Newman as vice president of sales.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, dropped to 3.90% from 3.99% last week.

In the week ended Nov. 30, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index rose to 3.99% from 3.95% the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.

With ever-changing rules and regulations making an advisor's job harder, 280 CapMarkets launched with the goal of not only saving an advisor's time but making the job easier. 280's Gurinder Ahluwalia and Jason Ware sit down to discuss how technology allows both institutions and issuers to bring different types of value to the table that wasn't necessarily there before. Hosted by Aaron Weitzman.

In the week ended Nov. 16, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index rose to 3.93% from 3.92% the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.

Daryl Clements, Portfolio Manager of Alliance Bernstein, discusses strategies for sound performance in tobacco, healthcare, senior living, and stressed entity bonds. He focuses on the importance of spreads to relative value. In the wrap up, he focuses on the benefits of active versus passive management. Hosted by John Hallacy.

The weekly average yield to maturity of The Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index, which is based on 40 long-term bond prices, was lower to 3.92% from 4.00% last week.

While yields on the 20-bond, 11-bond, and revenue bond indexes climbed two basis points in the week ended Nov. 2, the Bond Buyer 40 index's yield declined one.

BondWave LLC, announced the launch of Effi, a fixed income data warehouse platform aimed at bringing transparency to the marketplace.

In the week ended Oct. 12, the weekly average yield to maturity of the Bond Buyer Municipal Bond Index slipped to 4.02% from 4.03% the previous week. The BB40 Index is based on the price of 40 long-term bonds.