MuniLand

Tom Paolicelli, the latest member of the BondLink team, joins Brendan McGrail and John Murphy. A former issuer with more than 20 years’ experience in public finance and $30 billion in bonds sold for New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority, Tom provides a tour of the BondLink suite of products from an issuer’s perspective. An innovative and sophisticated issuer, Tom outlines the myriad ways BondLink’s capabilities can assist issuers of all sizes in developing a more diversified investor base

In this week's episode of MuniLand, John Murphy and Brendan McGrail take a look at the most-discussed issues during the Chicago Municipal Bond Club's annual event.  Conversations abound regarding Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's decision not to seek re-election, macroeconomic numbers tumbling look extremely positive, and supply continues to be light. What will all that mean for the muni market? In his inimitable fashion, Murph offers his tackles the questions uppermost in issuers' minds.  Tune In!

Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer, and the even more unofficial beginning of the fall selling season in MuniLand. Can we expect issuance to pick up immediately? Who will be buying if banks are culling their muni holdings? Will market technicals remain strong as supply begins to creep back up? Host Brendan McGrail and John Murphy discuss all this and more in the 10th installment of MuniLand. Tune In!

A $7.2 billion Texas TRANs dominated the slow late-August calendar this week, along with a $1.5 billion RANs deal for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a $970 million Illinois GO. In this episode, John Murphy walks us though the week’s biggest deals, the SEC’s 15c2-12 announcement, and his work with The First Tee of New Hampshire.

The week ending August 17 proved to be the busiest new issuance calendar since December of 2018! And even with a sudden glut of supply a number of issues saw good results due to investors clamoring for yield. John Murphy offers his expert commentary on the week's results, we take a look at the coming weeks, and we say goodbye to our star interns, Molly and Sean, as they head back to college.

Issuance is once again slow for the week ending August 17, but technicals still remain strong.  In this week's episode, John Murphy recaps his visit to the Chicago Investors Conference, takes a look at the week's largest offerings, and touches on what issuers can be doing during a slow August to prepare for a busier fall.

This week on MuniLand, host Brendan McGrail welcomes to the show Michael Histen, Director of User Experience and Product Design at BondLink. What makes a great IR website? Why are they so important? And how does an issuer go about creating one? With Michael's guidance, we tackle all that and more.  

MuniLand delves into the municipal market in the week ending July 27. With new GDP and Personal Consumption numbers released on the macro level, are we seeing reaction in the muni space? Is the strong market performance continuing? And what should issuers take away from this week? Join Brendan McGrail and John Murphy in MuniLand to find these answers and more!

Fresh from his travels, John Murphy joins host Brendan McGrail in MuniLand to discuss the strong technicals in the market and whether current performance is just too good to be true.

MuniLand host Brendan McGrail welcomes BondLink Co-Founder and CEO Colin MacNaught to the show to discuss the new dynamics in the municipal bond market, the investor outreach tools available to issuers, and the importance of a long-term commitment to improved financial disclosure. Now at the helm of his own company, MacNaught is on a mission for issuers.

With the Fourth of July holiday falling on Wednesday, new supply plummeted, but we're looking forward to next week's issues. Munis still look attractive as an asset class, and there's still a strong technical bid in the secondary market, so we're excited for the rest of the summer. Check out complete details of Murph's analysis of a holiday-shortened week in MuniLand on Episode 2.

In our inaugural podcast, we introduce our hosts, provide background on BondLink and take you through the details of the muni market in the week ending June 29. With the holiday next week, muni issuance may be low but performance is strong. Tune In!