Muni Research & Data Sets From Bloomberg

Mike Alagna

Head of Product Strategy for Municipal Data

Bloomberg

Mike Alagna is a Head of Product Strategy for municipal data at Bloomberg L.P., a $10 billion information-services, news and media company, that drives the world’s financial markets through its private clients and investors with approximately 135 offices around the world. In his 31st year at Bloomberg, Mike’s work in municipals focuses primarily on partnering with management across the Municipal Team and Core Product to further develop Bloomberg's Municipal Security and Credit products, their integration into various platforms within Bloomberg's numerous businesses such as App Portal and Enterprise Solutions as well as partnering with 3rd party companies to enhance the product. He also provided oversight throughout the integration of Bloomberg's municipal data in to the BRAIS platform as part of the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Index launch and continues to oversee further Index development with respect to their reliance on municipal data. Previously, Mike launched Bloomberg’s Municipal Fundamentals database, the largest most comprehensive database of municipal issuer financial information in the industry, covering approximately 50,000 issuers nationwide. He is also responsible for client relations within Bloomberg’s Municipal department, requiring he work with clients nationwide and attend conferences and other industry events where he has been a featured speaker / panelist on four occasions. Mike is the author of “The ABC’s of LOC’s”, “Not all Defeasance are Created Equal” and “Digging Into Muni Opportunities”, articles that were published in Bloomberg Markets Magazine. Mike teaches municipal training courses for Bloomberg’s new hires and sales employees and has been a speaker at numerous company wide Bloomberg Monday Morning meetings. Mike holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Economics from McDaniel College in Westminster, MD.

Eric Kazatsky

Head of Municipal Strategy

Bloomberg Intelligence

Eric Kazatsky has 18 years successful experience involving municipal bonds. He has spent his career in various aspects of the industry including sell side, buy side, a large municipal issuer and now for Bloomberg Intelligence. Eric is Bloomberg Intelligence’s Head of Municipal Strategy and is responsible for creating municipal focused research for Bloomberg Terminal clients. Prior to work at Bloomberg he served as the instiutional desk strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott and municipal portfolio manager SEI Investments. At Janney he distributed weekly research notes specifying relative value opportunities for both Janney inventory and secondary market customer sales. At SEI he oversaw credit and portfolio management for a $3 billion separately managed account platform. Eric has a B.A. in finance and economics from the University of Pittsburgh, an M.B.A. in finance from St. Joseph’s University, and a M.S. in investment management from Temple University.