Podcasts

Alan Rubin of Blank Rome Government Relations examines the Texas grid fiasco and resilience concerns nationally, including California and the Northeast. Paul Burton hosts. (17 minutes)

The rise of machine learning. Continued growth of electronic trading. Intensifying automation. Stephanie Sparvero, Global Head of BVAL Evaluated Pricing at Bloomberg, talks about these issues and more in how the muni market is charting a changing muni landscape. Lynne Funk hosts. (30 minutes)

Paul Gray, co-founder of IronHold Capital, links the unfunded liability problem to bad public policy decisions and bad hedge-fund actors. Paul Burton hosts (13 minutes).

Hank Smith, head of Investment Strategy at Haverford Trust, discusses the upcoming Federal Open Market Committee meeting, the coronavirus pandemic, inflation, and economic growth. He says, “at some point the Fed will have to acknowledge the economy may really take off.” Gary Siegel hosts. (Taped March 2. 26 minutes)

The pandemic has caused some special circumstances for state and local governments in juggling their finances. Jeffrey Previdi, the vice-chairman of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board who spent more than 20 years of his career at S&P Global Ratings, talks about what his regulatory organization has done to assist them. Previdi also talked about how GASB influences how state and local governments spend taxpayer money on such things as schools, firehouses, water treatment plants, and other infrastructure. Brian Tumulty hosts. (25 minutes)

A year after COVID disrupted the markets, Sylvia Yeh and Scott Diamond, co-heads of fixed income at Goldman Sachs Asset Management discuss their strategies for 2021 and the important role of retail, consider the new regime in Washington, and contemplate where ESG fits into their portfolio as the muni market incorporates the burgeoning investor interest in it. Lynne Funk hosts (35 minutes)

Greg Sullivan of Boston's Pioneer Institute explores the migration from Massachusetts and Connecticut to lower-tax states, and the ripple effects of a lawsuit regarding cross-state remote employees that could reach the U.S. Supreme Court. Paul Burton hosts. (13 minutes).

In a wide-ranging conversation, Manulife Investment Management Global Chief Economist & Global Head of Macroeconomic Strategy Frances Donald discusses the COVID pandemic, inflation, how the markets may be misreading the Fed, why economic indicators may not be telling economists what they need to know, ESG and green spending, and the economy. Gary Siegel hosts. (35 minutes)

Jonathan Bowles of Center for an Urban Future explores how New York City could benefit from a green public works program. He also calls for unlocking the potential of CUNY and improving the city's capital construction process. Paul Burton hosts (17 minutes).

From the return of advanced refundings to a direct-pay bond option, Michael Decker and Brett Bolton highlight the work the Bond Dealers of America are focused on in 2021, and the challenges and ultimate resilience of the municipal market since the onslaught of COVID. Lynne Funk and Kyle Glazier host. (30 minutes)