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Understanding Taxable Municipal Bonds

MacKay Municipal ManagersTM team takes us back to the basics in the growing asset class.

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MacKay Municipal Managers™

Our team’s strategies seek income, capital preservation, and total return focused on deep credit research and security selection using an active, relative value approach.  

Overview

Overview

          

The tenure, skill, and proficiency is the bedrock of our ability as we seek to capitalize on market inefficiencies in order to build yield advantage and generate return through in-depth credit research. 

          

Strategies

Strategies

MacKay Municipal Managers™ Strategies

          

STRATEGY
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PRIVATE VEHICLES
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FACT SHEET

Municipal High Yield

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Municipal Investment Grade

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Municipal Short Term

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Municipal Long Term

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Municipal Intermediate

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Municipal Capital Trading

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Municipal Taxable

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Municipal High Income

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Municipal Opportunities Allocation

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Municipal New York

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Municipal California

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Municipal Insured

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MacKay Municipal Managers™ Team

MacKay Municipal Managers™ Team

          

MacKay Municipal Managers™ Team

MacKay Municipal Managers™ Team

A team of nearly 30 dedicated employees with an average of 20 years’ experience and co-CIOs who have worked together since 1993. 

Meet the Team
MacKay Municipal Managers™ Team

          

          

“What I’m most proud of is that we are really happy to come to work every day. Our team really likes what we do and we like working together. We’re also acutely aware that working at MacKay is not a job, it’s a profession.” — John Loffredo, Team Co-Head

          

Insights

Insights

          

FEATURED INSIGHTS

3 MIN READ
January 12, 2023
2023 Municipal Market Insights
Looking ahead to the year 2023, the MacKay Municipal Managers team provides their top 5 market insights on the year to come.
8 MIN READ
December 9, 2022
US Taxable Municipal Bonds: Beyond the Basics
Preferential capital treatment, low correlations, historically stable ratings, and ESG friendly credits, have piqued institutional interest in the taxable municipal bond asset class.
3 MIN READ
November 4, 2022
What We Expect from the 2022 Midterm Elections
MacKay Municipal Managers consider public policy and the political landscape to be a critical component of the team’s investment process.
4 MIN READ
July 31, 2022
MacKay Shields 2022 Municipal Bond Market Insights: Mid-Year Update
We believe the municipal bond market offers relatively attractive prices and yields, and credit health remains solid.
4 MIN READ
January 13, 2022
MacKay Municipal Managers’ Insights for 2022
Recent events are altering our future: where we live, how we work, learn and communicate and how to prudently invest in municipal bonds.
8 MIN READ
March 7, 2022
Dislocations in the Taxable Municipal Market Today
Given the backdrop of both geopolitical tensions and changing monetary policies at a global level, we have seen elevated volatility in both the fixed income and equity markets since the beginning of the year.

Muni360

Muni360

Muni 360 Podcast

Listen to the most recent podcast, as the seasoned active investors at MacKay Municipal Managers share their latest views on the municipal market.

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The Muni 360 Podcast - Weekly Wrap Up

JANUARY 13, 2022
The Muni 360 Podcast - Weekly Wrap Up

 

 

 

 

 

 

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