Christine Albano
The Bond Buyer
New York, NY, United States
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Russell Feldman
"I always looked up to my dad and was amazed by the amount of time he spent at the office," Russell Feldman said. "I became a lot more intimately aware of the challenges in fixed income when I joined the industry years later." → Read More
Claire Cohen
Cohen was a pioneer, a mentor and a role model to countless industry analysts and helped shape many of the credit approaches that continue to be used today. → Read More
Munis face slight pressure amid primary flood
Spreads have been widening, but secondary trading was on the light side and triple-A benchmarks were cut by only a basis point in spots even as U.S. Treasury yields once again rose on the 10- and 30-year. → Read More
Shadow of the Fed hangs over muni market as $11B of bonds set for sale
Yields on top-quality munis were flat on the AAA scales Friday; yields were seven to nine basis points lower on the week. → Read More
California leads muni calendar with $1.8B
It was a quiet and uneventful Friday as the municipal market viewed the higher-than-expected growth in the jobs report as an indicator of economic recovery ahead and it prepared for the coming of more than $9 billion of tax-exempt and taxable supply combined next week. → Read More
Citi's Geraci departs for Old Orchard Capital
Joe Geraci, who spent 24 years at Citi, most recently as co-head of the Global Spread Products division, will join investment advisor Old Orchard Capital. → Read More
Holiday week calendar rises to $2.8B as municipals continue to strengthen
As the week drew to a close, municipal bond market participants looked ahead to a smaller-than-usual supply slate dominated by revenue bond deals. → Read More
Week’s $12.6B calendar features deals for airports, sports venues
On Friday, municipals finished little changed, with yields remaining steady along most of the AAA GO scales. → Read More
Lipper reports municipal bond fund inflows trickle down to $140M
Refinitiv Lipper reported $139.364 million of muni fund inflows, the 17th week in a row of positive results, but the lowest gain since July. → Read More
Note volume declines in the midst of pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic began to impact note issuance as early as the first quarter when issuers started to get more concerned over the virus. → Read More
LA MTA, Minn. come to market; municipal yields stay near record lows
Municipal bonds were steady to weaker as billions of dollars in new deals hit the screens Tuesday. → Read More
LIPA leads the list of new deals as municipals strengthen on long end
Municipal yields fell as much as three basis points on the long end of the AAA curves. → Read More
Municipals hold steady as investors await new issues, congressional action
The lack of a significant new-issue calendar is encouraging some investors to purchase ahead of the first of the month, but others are putting buying off until the arrival of Aug. 1 redemptions. → Read More
Largest municipal bond deals coming from Texas, Colo. and Calif.
Municipal bonds finished steady on Friday ahead of next week's $7.8 billion new-issue slate while high-grade paper trades up in the secondary. Investors are looking for stability. → Read More
Confidence high among muni investors; N.Y. bond deals price as yields resume fall
For the 10th week in a row, investors put cash into tax-exempt mutual funds with Refinitiv Lipper reporting a $857 million inflow. → Read More
The municipal market favors issuers, yields are low and investors are bullish
New York issuers jump in for retail and Texas Transportation also makes an appearance as attractive low yields lure more issuers in. However, some participants say caution is warranted as the coronavirus spread widens in the South and West. → Read More
University of California comes to market with $2.3B tax-exempt, taxable bond deal
Municipal bond prices remained steady as more supply hits the screens. → Read More
City of Angels set for $1.78 billion note sale as short-term rates hover near record lows
Municipals finished little changed ahead of this week's new-issue slate while retail investors are coming back into the market. → Read More
Municipals enter 'equilibrium' to start July reinvestment
Traders and strategists say the dearth of tax-exempt debt and the surge of taxable issuance is keeping the market steady. → Read More
Muni deals pour into market as Q2 ends
Municipal bonds were little changed as the first half of a tumultuous year comes to a close. → Read More