NEW YORK, Jan. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a year that featured bankruptcy in Detroit and municipal troubles in Puerto Rico, municipal bond investors are looking for clarity as they consider their allocations for 2014. To help understand the underlying factors impacting the asset class, and how to invest accordingly, S&P Capital IQ will focus on the state of the municipal bond industry in this month's "ETF Analyst Hour" webinar on Thursday, January 23rd, at 11:30 am EST.

The webinar, titled "2014 Muni ETF Outlook: Don't Just Believe the Headlines", will feature JR Rieger, Vice President, Fixed Income Indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices, who will cover rising interest rate and liquidity risk and transaction costs in the muni bond market, and share his thinking on what to consider before making an investment decision. Rieger will be joined by Todd Rosenbluth, Director of ETF and Mutual Fund Research with S&P Capital IQ. Rosenbluth will cover fund flows into municipal bond ETFs, state exposure of larger ETFs as well as how to reduce interest rate sensitivity.

This webinar is the latest in S&P Capital IQ's monthly ETF Analyst Hour series and one hour of CFP continuing education credit is available to attendees. Interested attendees can register here: http://bit.ly/1kbWxeo

Anthony Hohmann, ETF product manager, will moderate the discussion and highlight S&P Capital IQ's ETF holdings-based ranking methodology and model performance to date.

Following the presentation, the ETF research reports for the ETFs discussed will be available to all attendees. The ETF reports are initially published on S&P Capital IQ's MarketScope Advisor platform.

Follow @spmarketscope and #ETFHour during the webinar for up-to-the-second ETF commentary from S&P Capital IQ equity analysts.  Todd Rosenbluth is on Twitter at @ToddSPCAPIQ.

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