CEO, Co-Founder
BondLink
Colin has more than 15 years of experience in the municipal bond market. Prior to BondLink, Colin managed the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ borrowing needs from 2008 to 2015, issuing close to $25 billion in bonds and notes. His work was distinguished for its innovation, lauded by groups such as the NFMA and SIFMA, and he earned two national deal of the year awards from The Bond Buyer. A big focus of his time was on boosting the state’s transparency to investors. Colin studied public finance at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
The concentration of the retail investor has grown in a market that often struggles with liquidity. How are the various demand components of the market shifting? How will the growth of SMAs and ETFs, as well as the dearth of crossover buyers, affect the public finance industry in 2026? Are there new opportunities for hedging munis with the growth of ETFs? What do investors want and how is the sell-side adapting to provide for it?