Senior Director, Strategy and Content, Live Media
The Bond Buyer
Lynne Funk is Senior Director, Strategy and Content, Live Media - Municipal Finance. She leads and shapes The Bond Buyer's six major events, serving as host, moderator, thought leader and brand ambassador. Lynne also is charged with creating innovative live media formats, including new conferences, virtual summits and podcasts to help serve our municipal finance community. Lynne has two decades of experience in the public finance industry. She was most recently Executive Editor of The Bond Buyer. Previously, she was a director at Municipal Market Analytics, Inc., and in the Policy and Public Advocacy for the Municipal Securities Division at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.
How are buy-side firms engaging with fintech solutions across the municipal market? Has the shift into SMAs and ETFs sped up the integrations? What new players are coming into the space? Is technology allowing for greater liquidity in a historically illiquid market?
As electronic trading, ATS and automation has become much more prolific, how has the secondary market evolved? What’s the status of AI-driven pricing, trade automation, and risk management? How do line traders fit in? What happens in times of volatility? Is 24/7 trading in munis possible?
Nisha Patel, Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of SMAs at Parametric will sit down with Lynne Funk, Senior Director of Content & Strategy at The Bond Buyer, for a discussion on the macroeconomic picture as we near mid-year, how the municipal market is faring amid the volatility, the role technology has played in the municipal investor landscape up to now, and where she sees it heading into the future.
How much has changed from a technology standpoint in the primary market? What tools are available for issuers and the sell-side? How can we make getting deals done more efficient?