Kurt van Kuller, CFA

Kurt van Kuller, CFA

Rye, New York, United States
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Specialties: Leading municipal analyst, buyer, and salesman, award winning Generalist…

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Experience

Education

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    State University of New York at Albany

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    Activities and Societies: Municipal Finance Study Group. Scholarship, paid Teachers Assistant. Supervised a number of major projects involving Wall Street firms.

    BA, Economics and German, SUNY Albany. 1977.

Publications

  • CFA Institute Municipal Roundtables 6/10, 5/11, 9/11. 2 chapters in Handbook of Municipal Bonds, Fabozzi 2007.

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    Articles in Mortgage Banking (three), Municipal Finance Journal, Public Finance Journal, Mkt Chronicle. Quoted frequently in Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Times, Forbes, NY tabloids, Investment Dealer's Digest, Money, Dow Jones, Securities Week, Municipal Bond Portfolio Management, newspapers across the U.S., and more.

Honors & Awards

  • First Team All Star Municipal Analyst at a Bank or Credit Enhancer, 2017-18

    Smiths Research & Gradings

    2nd Team 2016

  • Award of Excellence from National Federation of Municipal Analysts

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  • First Team All-Star Sellside Director of Research

    Smiths Research & Gradings institutional poll

    First Team 2006 and Second Team in 2005.

  • First Team All-Star for Housing Bonds

    Smiths Research & Gradings Institutional Poll

    Elected consecutively 1993 through 2006, as well as 2012 and 2011 after retun to Research.
    2nd or 3rd Team in other years 2007 - 2015
    Also selected by THE BOND BUYER as First Team Housing Analyst in 1993-1994, when poll was conducted.

  • First Team Institutional Investor All-Star Municipal Generalist

    Institutional Investor

    First Team 2006. Second Team in 2005 and Third Team in 2004.
    Also 3rd Team Municipal Generalist in Smiths in 2006.
    Most I.I. First Team placements of any municipal analyst (11), which is 8th among all fixed income analysts since inception of I.I. fixed income analysts All-Star poll.

  • First Team Institutional Investor All-Star for Housing Bonds

    Institutional Investor

    Elected consecutively 1993-2002, until municipal sector awards were discontinued.

Organizations

  • Frequent Public Speaker

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    CFA Society of Los Angeles, 10/17; Bond Buyer California 9-17; CFA Institute Wealth Management Conference 3/16. Chairman, Smiths Housing Conference 2008. Presented at Smiths Housing Webinar (9/11). Frequent speaker at conferences of NFMA, Nat’l Council of State HFAs, S&P, The Bond Buyer, Buyer’s Conference, NFMA, Fabozzi, JJ Kenny High Yield, MAGNY, BMA, local analysts societies, NY Institute of Finance, New York University, California Society of Municipal Analysts (2015), SMITHs Housing, and…

    CFA Society of Los Angeles, 10/17; Bond Buyer California 9-17; CFA Institute Wealth Management Conference 3/16. Chairman, Smiths Housing Conference 2008. Presented at Smiths Housing Webinar (9/11). Frequent speaker at conferences of NFMA, Nat’l Council of State HFAs, S&P, The Bond Buyer, Buyer’s Conference, NFMA, Fabozzi, JJ Kenny High Yield, MAGNY, BMA, local analysts societies, NY Institute of Finance, New York University, California Society of Municipal Analysts (2015), SMITHs Housing, and many others. Panelist on various CFA Institute Roundtables. Chairman of FAC's Housing High Yield Conference. Key speaker at Smith’s Gaming and Housing conferences. First municipal sell-side a/v Internet presentations in 2001. Bloomberg National TV and radio 2006, CNN, CREDIT MARKET WATCH.

  • Municipal Analysts Group of New York

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    Chairman 1988-89, past Treasurer, Membership Chair

  • Municipal Forum of New York

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    Treasurer & Board Member, 1992-1997

  • National Federation of Municipal Analysts

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    Board Member 1988-90 and Ethics Chairman. Hsg Disclosure group 1997-99. Pension Committee 2011.

  • National Housing Task Force 1987-89

    Member, appointed by US Senator from NY

  • PSA Committee on Reauthorization of Single Family bonds

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    Chairman. Testimony to US Senate 1988. Organized BMA Task Force to advise HUD on Section 8. 1998 Section 8 roundtable for Senate Hsg and Comm Dev Subcommittee 1995. Member, PSA Task Force on FHA. Testimony to Senate Banking Committee 1995.

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