MuniLand Podcast | BondLink

BondLink's MuniLand podcast offers weekly insights and analysis to help municipal bond issuers and investors better understand the $4 trillion muni market.

Podcast Episodes

Episode 13: Rates on the Rise

September 21, 2018

With fewer banks buying municipal bonds, rates on the longest-dated securities are climbing – with 30-years rates up 20 bps in the last month. What’s behind this surge? How is this affecting issuers? Is this hurting muni performance? In this… Listen now

Episode 12: Meet Tom Paolicelli

September 14, 2018

Tom Paolicelli, the latest member of the BondLink team, joins Brendan McGrail and John Murphy. A former issuer with more than 20 years’ experience and $30 billion in bonds sold, Tom provides a tour of the BondLink suite of products… Listen now

Episode 11: Chicago Questions

September 10, 2018

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… Listen now

Episode 10: Labor Day Pains

September 4, 2018

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?… Listen now

Episode 9: A Noteworthy Week

August 24, 2018

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… Listen now

Episode 8: A Farewell to Interns

August 17, 2018

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… Listen now

Episode 7: Light in August

August 13, 2018

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… Listen now

Episode 6: Disclosure By Design

August 3, 2018

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… Listen now

Episode 5: A Macro Effect

July 27, 2018

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… Listen now

Episode 4: Too Good to Be True?

July 20, 2018

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.… Listen now

Episode 3: On a Mission for Issuers

July 13, 2018

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… Listen now

Episode 2: A Quiet Week

July 6, 2018

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… Listen now

Episode 1: Welcome to MuniLand

June 28, 2018

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… Listen now

About Your Hosts

MuniLand is a weekly podcast featuring former muni analyst and trader John "Murph" Murphy, BondLink's Senior Manager of Investor Relations and Outreach, and hosted by former Bloomberg News muni bond reporter Brendan McGrail, BondLink’s Director of Communications. The show highlights Murph’s latest insights and analysis on the market conditions, supply and demand fundamentals, secondary market conditions and the muni yield curve.

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