Municipals in focus: What’s ahead for the remainder of 2022 and beyond?

Jake van Roden

Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager

Jake van Roden is a member of the municipal bond department within Macquarie Investment Management Fixed Income (MFI) in the Americas. He is a portfolio manager for MFI’s nine open-end state-specific municipal bond funds, as well as for several municipal bond client accounts, a role he assumed in December 2017. In February 2019, his portfolio management role expanded to include MFI’s closed-end municipal bond funds and the three national municipal open-end funds. He joined the municipal department in July 2004 as a generalist and became head of municipal trading in December 2012. Before that, van Roden interned at Macquarie Investment Management in the client services department. He received a bachelor’s degree in American studies with a minor in government from Franklin & Marshall College.

William Roach

Vice President, Portfolio Manager

• Joined Macquarie in 2012
• Based in Philadelphia

Bill is a Co-Portfolio Manager for the firm’s municipal bond funds and client accounts, a role he assumed in May 2023. He was also a Senior Trader for the Municipal Bond Team within Macquarie Asset Management Fixed Income (MFI), a position he held from March 2019 until October 2023.

Prior to joining the Municipal Bond Team in April 2015, Bill spent three years as an Internal Sales Consultant for the firm’s Client Solutions Group, where he managed relationships across the country and across asset classes. Before joining Macquarie, he worked at Merrill Lynch as an Investment Consultant and Analyst and at Creative Financial Group as a financial advisor.

He earned a Bachelor of Science with dual concentrations in business administration and political science from Albright College and a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in finance from Villanova University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst^® and Chartered Market Technician^® designations.