Research

In creating fixed-income analytic models, Andrew Kalotay Associates draws upon pioneering research published by Dr. Kalotay and his associates over more than three decades. A member of the Fixed Income Analysts Society’s Hall of Fame, Dr. Kalotay’s innovations include the ratchet bond and ratchet mortgage; the Volatility Reduction Measure (for hedge effectiveness testing under FAS 133); and the concepts of refunding efficiency as applied to both corporate and municipal bonds and mortgages. He has authored or co-authored more than 50 journal articles on a wide range of topics.

Recent Research

Coming disclosure issues with discount munis

Tax Optimization - Investment Selection and Tax Rate Arbitrage

The Journal of Portfolio Management 2018

Tax-exempt municipal bonds are usually held in taxable accounts. This article discusses how after-tax performance can be increased by tax-beneficial sales.

Life Without Advance Refunding

Municipal Finance Journal, Vol Volume 39 Number 03, Fall 2018

The elimination of advance refunding following the signing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017 will have significant effects on the municipal market. In recent years, most municipal bonds aimed at institutional investors carried an above-market 5% coupon and had a 10-year call. The 5% NC-10 structure had wide appeal for a variety of reasons, a primary one being the bonds' eligibility for advance refunding. In the absence of advance refunding, the 5% NC-10 structure will lose much of its appeal.

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Yield shocks underestimate the interest rate risk of callable bonds

Bond Buyer

When thinking of interest rates in the taxable world, practitioners look at bellwether indicators such as the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, and more broadly at the Treasury yield curve — a representation of the interest rates that investors demand across the maturity spectrum. The frequency of the U.S.

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Research

MBS

Bond Valuation and Structuring

Debt Management

Municipal Finance

Trade Press

Wealth Management

Consumer Finance

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