Bernard Bailey

Bernard Bailey is a Managing Director, Public Finance at Assured Guaranty with a primary focus on maintaining and expanding Assured Guaranty’s institutional client base. During his career spanning more than 35 year, including both the public finance banking and sales and trading areas of municipal finance, Mr. Bailey has held senior positions at major dealer firms with the majority of his career spent at Bear Stearns. While at Bear Stearns he covered major municipal institutional accounts including fund groups, insurance companies and asset managers as well as hedge fund and distressed debt platforms. Mr. Bailey is a frequent speaker and panelist on all matters related to the municipal bond industry including insurance, high yield fixed income and ESG. He sits on the Philanthropic and ESG committees at Assured. Mr. Bailey is a member of the Bond Club of New York and the Municipal Bond Club of New York. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia.