The COVID-19 pandemic has put a significant strain on municipal bonds. While general obligation bonds continue to be safe, revenue bonds backed by universities, senior housing, and convention centers are…
Energy and metals companies led a surge in Russian stocks on Thursday as trading resumed after nearly a month’s halt, reflecting soaring global prices for oil, gas, and other commodities…
Timely, reliable, and accurate municipal bond reference data is mission-critical for many essential functions in the municipal bond fixed income investment life cycle. This includes trade execution, risk management, pre-trade…
You are not alone! Whereas the average investor can easily find historical stock prices, investors often become frustrated when searching for historical muni bond prices due to market illiquidity and…
Financial technology (FinTech) refers to the use of new software and applications to improve and automate the financial services sector. This ranges from the technology deployed in back and middle…
Last week, I was interviewed by bond industry veteran JR Rieger of the Rieger Report to discuss the latest service provided by Bondview, the Municipal Bond Reference Data Service.
The U.S. municipal bond market is extremely large with over one million individual bonds from over 50 thousand issuers. While there are some big issuers, such as state or city…
Need to find the complete profile for 100, 1000 or even 1m municipal bonds? Historically it has been a difficult and expensive process to capture and store municipal bond data…
Summary 1) Investment firms are required to monitor their clients holdings on an on-going basis to ensure that the credits remain appropriate for their risk profile. 2) This can…
Key Takeaways: 1) Despite an overall improvement in the outlook for the municipal bond market, some sectors may remain vulnerable to default until the economy turns the corner. 2) BondView…