Category: Opinion
Opinion: New York’s Large Bond Issuers Must Do More To Elevate Black-Owned Public Finance Firms
June 5, 2020 – All things considered, the $4 trillion U.S. municipal bond market has been welcoming of Black-owned public…
Opinion: How The 30-Year Level Debt Structure Is Killing Muni Innovation
April 1, 2020 – When I joined a bulge-bracket Public Finance shop in the 90s, my mentor touted the superior…
Opinion: Only $550/Month Property Taxes, If You Can Afford Paying $59 Million For This Hudson Yards Penthouse
Hudson Yards is an undeniable success. The Vessel – Thomas Heatherwick’s public installation – is a masterpiece that draws thousands…
Muni Bankers Should Savor Their 2019 Bonus. Lean Years Lie Ahead.
November 26, 2019 – About this time every year, Wall Street bankers begin the process of performance evaluation and bonus…
Mercer Family-Backed Conservative Group Accuses Municipal Bond Issuers Of Being Hypocrites on Climate Change
October 28, 2019 – In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece published yesterday, Peter Schweizer – President of a conservative…
El-Erian: U.S. Federal Reserve Should Not Deliver a Big Rate Cut
July 19, 2019 – In an Op-Ed posted on Bloomberg today, former CEO of PIMCO Mohamed El-Erian expressed concerns on…
[Op-Ed] New York Should Stop Awarding Bond Underwriting Business to Goldman and Wells Fargo
New York considers herself an enlightened state. From educational equity to gay marriage; NYC ID to tenant protection, both State…
[Op-Ed] Can Lloyd Blankfein Become New York City’s 110th Mayor?
July 15, 2019 – At a Hamptons party this weekend, yours truly stumbled on a particularly raucous conversation on the…
[Opinion] Should Issuers Refund Build America Bonds (BABs)?
Build America Bonds are the gift that keeps on giving. The U.S. Treasury Department estimated in 2011 that state and…
