Matthew Gastall

Matthew Gastall is the Head of Municipal Strategy and Research at Bloomberg Intelligence. Matt joined Bloomberg after serving nearly 25 years in public finance with Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan.

Within Morgan Stanley, Matt was the Head of Municipal Research and Strategy, as well as the firm's Chief Municipal Strategist. Throughout fourteen years, Matt authored over 800 investment strategy and portfolio management publications, led Morgan Stanley's externally-approved municipal credit team, and determined the investment guidance for the firm's CIO and +$200 billion in WM AUM. Matt has been featured over one hundred times in national media outlets such as Bloomberg, Barron's, The Bond Buyer, and CNBC. At JP Morgan, he was also Executive Director of Municipal Credit and Strategy.

In 2018, Matt was formally invited to Beijing to help advise the expansion Asia's municipal bond markets (ASIFMA and NAFMII).

Matt joined Morgan Stanley in 2002. He is a full Rhode Island Centennial Scholar, holds an Economics and Finance BS degree from Providence College, and is a member of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts (NFMA) and the Municipal Analysts Group of New York (MAGNY). He and his wife, Siobhan, have two children and live in Manhattan's Upper East Side.