Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Writer’s Acknowledgments xiii
Chapter 1 Overview of the Municipal Bond Market 1
Introduction 1
The Issuers 3
Municipal Bond Dealers 6
Bond Brokers 9
The Lawyers 10
Financial Advisors, Specialists, and Other Consultants 11
The Rating Agencies 12
The Credit Enhancers 12
The Trustees and Paying Agents 15
The Investors 16
Information and Technology 17
The Regulators 17
Other Participants 20
Chapter 2 The Basics of Municipal Securities 21
Description of Municipal Securities 21
Yield and Price 23
Types of Yields 25
Tax Exemption of Municipal Bonds 27
Types of Municipal Bonds 33
Short-Term Securities 33
Other Characteristics of Municipal Bonds 39
Chapter 3 The Issuers 49
Introduction 49
Authorities and Special Districts 50
The Theory of Municipal Debt: Pay-as-You-Use versus Pay-as-You-Go 51
The Uses of Municipal Debt 53
The Security for Municipal Bonds 55
The Financing Process 62
The Financing Documents 65
Assessing the Impact of the Debt 72
State and Local Government Accounting 78
Chapter 4 The Primary Market 82
Issuance Trends in the Primary Market 82
The Basics of Underwriting 85
Negotiated Underwriting 90
Competitive Underwriting 93
Orders and Procedures 100
Chapter 5 The Secondary Market 104
Introduction 104
The Over-the-Counter Market 104
E-Commerce, Information, and Technology 105
Selling Municipal Bonds 108
The Basics of Municipal Bond Trading 109
Municipal Bond Trading 110
How a Trade Is Done 113
Municipal Futures 116
Providers of Data in the Municipal Market 119
Market Statistics and Indexes 119
MSRB Record-Keeping Rules 124
Chapter 6 Investing in Bonds 126
Introduction 126
The Basic Principles of Investing in Bonds 126
Measures of Yield and Return 130
Yield to Maturity and Price 131
Investment Objectives 133
Risk Factors 135
Investor Strategies 136
Taxation of Municipal Bonds 138
Other Investment Factors 147
Investor Categories 149
Chapter 7 Credit Analysis 159
Introduction 159
The Rating Agencies 161
The Rating Process 171
General Obligation Bonds 172
Revenue Bonds 181
Other Factors Affecting Credit 190
Chapter 8 Understanding Interest Rates 193
Introduction 193
Determinants of the Overall Level of Interest Rates 193
Term Structure of Interest Rates 198
Municipal Bond Rates 202
Chapter 9 Regulatory and Disclosure Requirements 206
Introduction 206
The Basis of Federal Tax Exemption 207
History of Federal Tax Legislation Affecting Municipal Securities 209
The Current Statutory Exemption 210
Application of Federal Securities Laws to Municipal Securities 214
The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board 219
Chapter 10 Financial Products 224
Introduction 224
Interest Rate Swaps 224
Interest Rate Caps, Floors, and Collars 227
Managing the Asset Side 228
Appendix A 230
Appendix B 238
Glossary 239
Bibliography 258
Index 263
About the Writer 275
About the author
THE BOND MARKET ASSOCIATION is the trade association representing securities firms and banks that underwrite, trade, and sell debt securities, both domestically and internationally. The Bond Market Association actively speaks for the bond industry, advocating its position and representing its interests in Washington, D.C., New York, Europe, and Asia. The Association’s membership collectively accounted for over 97% of the nation’s bond underwriting activity in 1999. For more information about the Association, visit www.bondmarkets.com.
About the writer
JUDY WESALO TEMEL has spent her career in the municipal bond business, on both the broker-dealer and issuer sides. She worked for seventeen years at Goldman, Sachs & Co., following employment at Lehman Brothers, and the Office of the Comptroller of the City of New York. She serves on the boards of several large not-for-profit agencies and speaks and writes widely about many aspects of the business. Temel is a graduate of Cornell University and holds an MPA from New York University.
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