Feldstein / Fabozzi The Handbook of Municipal Bonds

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-04494-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 1376 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Frank J. Fabozzi Series

In The Handbook of Municipal Bonds, editors Sylvan Feldstein and Frank Fabozzi provide traders, bankers, and advisors--among other industry participants--with a well-rounded look at the industry of tax-exempt municipal bonds. Chapter by chapter, a diverse group of experienced contributors provide detailed explanations and a variety of relevant examples that illuminate essential elements of this area. With this book as your guide, you'll quickly become familiar with both buy side and sell side issues as well as important innovations in this field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Feldstein, Sylvan G.

Fabozzi, Frank J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword (Christopher "Kit" Taylor)
Preface.
About the Editors.
Contributing Authors.
Part One: The Sell Side: The Originators of Deals.
Chapter 1. The Central Place of States and Local Governments inAmerican Federalism (Richard Briffault)
Chapter 2. An Overview of Investment Banking (Herman R.Charbonneau)
Chapter 3. Chapter 3. Role of the Financial Advisor (William H.Wood)
Chapter 4. Method of Sale in the Municipal Bond Market (JunPeng, Kenneth A. Kriz, and Tracy Neish)
Chapter 5. The Role of Bond Counsel in Public Agency Financing(John L. Kraft)
Chapter 6. The Role of Counsel to the Underwriters (Mary G.Wilson)
Chapter 7. Summary of Federal Tax Requirements for Tax-ExemptBonds ( Perry E. Israel)
Chapter 8. The Role of the Municipal Bond Trustee (James E.Spiotto)
Chapter 9. The Last Resort for Financially DistressedMunicipalities (James E. Spiotto)
Chapter 10. Subnational Infrastructure Finance in the EmergingMarkets: A Financial Guaranty Perspective (Thomas H. Cochran,Anthony Pellegrini, David Stevens, Richard Torkelson, and DavidWhite)
Chapter 11. The Role of the Rating Agencies (Edward A.Rabson)
Chapter 12. Municipal Bond Refundings (William H. Wood)
Chapter 13. Public-Private Partnerships (Robert H. Muller)
Part Two: The Sell Side: Distribution and Market-MakingRoles.
Chapter 14. The Role of Underwriter (Christopher J. Mier)
Chapter 15. The Roles of Traders and Brokers (JonPaulZaptin)
Chapter 16. Municipal Arbitrage and Tender Option Bonds (BartMosley)
Chapter 17. Interest Rate Swaps and Their Application toTax-Exempt Financing (Eric H. Chu, Craig Underwood, Thomas B. Fox,Jon A. McMahon, Roger L. Davis, Stephen A. Spitz, Albert SimonsIII, and George G. Wolf)
Chapter 18. The Regional Firm: Its Customers, Traders, andInstitutional Salespeople (Mychele Lindvall)
Chapter 19. Changing Roles of Buyers and Sellers of MunicipalBonds: One Participant's View (William J. Darusmont)
Chapter 20. The Depository Trust Company and Real-Time PriceTransparency (Sylvan G. Feldstein and David Ratner)
Chapter 21. i-Deal/Ipreo: the Transaction Platform (AllenWilliams)
Part Three: Compliance Issues.
Chapter 22. The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (Paul S.Maco and Jennifer Webster Taffe)
Chapter 23. The Role of the Securities and Exchange Commission(Paul S. Maco and Cristy C. Edwards)
Chapter 24. Sarbanes-Oxley and the Securities and ExchangeCommission (Paul S. Maco)
Chapter 25. Using Auditing Techniques to Develop InvestmentAdviser Compliance Procedures (Kevin Reilly)
Chapter 26. Rule 2a-7: Legal and Research Issues for Tax-ExemptMoney Market Funds 9Stephen A. Keen and Leslie K. Ross)
Part Four: Fixed Income Analysis of MunicipalProducts.
Chapter 27. Evaluation of Municipal Bonds (Gerard Brennan)
Chapter 28. Valuation of Municipal bonds with Embedded Options(Fr5ank J. Fabozzi, Andrew Kalotay, and Michael P. Dorigan)
Chapter 29. Analyzing and Evaluating Tax-Exempt IndexedFloaters: Investor and Issuer Perspectives (Yingchen Li)
Chapter 30. Municipal Inverse Floating Rate Securities (CadmusHicks)
Chapter 31. Analyzing Portfolios Daily (Paul R. Daniels)
Chapter 32. Discovering Relative Value Using Custom Indices(Daniel J. Garrett)
Chapter 33. Municipal Bond Swaps (Evan C. Rourke)
Chapter 34. The Tax Treatment of Municipal Bonds (Martin J.Mauro and Philip Fischer)
Part Five: The Buy Side: Institutional Investors.
Chapter 35. Managing a National Municipal Bond Fund (AlexanderGrant)
Chapter 36. Managing a High-Yield Municipal Fund (Wayne Godlin,Jim Phillips, Bill Black, Barnet Sherman, Mark Paris, and SethHorwitz)
Chapter 37. Managing Municipal bonds for Property and CasualtyInsurance Companies for Total Return. (Karen Szerszen)

Über Autor(innen)

Sylvan G. Feldstein, PhD, is a Director in the InvestmentDepartment of the Guardian Life Insurance Company of America,specializing in tax-exempt, taxable, and non-U.S. municipal bonds.Prior to this, he was a research manager and analyst at major WallStreet broker-dealers and a rating agency. A graduate of ColumbiaUniversity, Feldstein has won the Analyst of the Year Award fromthe National Federation of Municipal Analysts in addition toauthoring or editing four other municipal bond industry books.
Frank J. Fabozzi, PhD, CFA, is Professor in the Practice ofFinance at Yale University's School of Management and the Editor ofthe Journal of Portfolio Management. In 2002, he was inducted intothe Fixed Income Analysts Society Hall of Fame and, in 2007, wasthe recipient of the C. Stewart Sheppard Award given by the CFAInstitute.