Jessica Lerner is a senior markets reporter for Bond Buyer. She specializes in finance and investment topics, focusing on asset management, mutual funds, and investment strategies, while also covering commodities, futures, and banking. Jessica's work has been featured in Financial Planning, NewsBreak, American Banker, and The Bond Buyer.
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"Active management can add value for a client, whether that's in an SMA, an ETF, or a mutual fund," said Mark Paris, CIO and head of municipals at Invesco.
Overall, Barclays strategists, including Mikhail Foux (pictured), remain constructive on tax-exempts, partly because of attractive valuations and an improved technical backdrop.
By: Jessica Lerner
Competition over the last decade has driven incredible innovation, which is why the market is where it is today, said Kevin McPartland, head of market strategy and technology research at Greenwich Coalition.
Munis rallied Thursday morning, as the asset class followed U.S. Treasuries higher as fears over artificial intelligence led to a flight-to-safety.
It's unclear whether ETF inflows will continue, since tax-loss selling has been the primary driver of flows, said Jeff Timlin, managing partner and head of municipal bond investing at Sage Advisory.
This week the muni market is expected to be relatively quiet heading into Wednesday's FOMC meeting and earnings reports, said Chris Brigati.
The amount of bonds wrapped by insurance declined 13.4% year-over-year in the first nine months of 2026, despite another year of record supply.
BAM saw insurance rise 5.7%, while Assured saw a 35.4% decline year-over-year, data from LSEG shows.
By: Jessica Lerner
Siebert Williams Shank, one of the country's leading women- and minority-owned investment banking firms, celebrates 30 years that took it from a
"We thought, let's just take some of the election risk off the table completely and deliver some savings toward the organization," said the North Texas Tollway Authority's Horatio Porter.
