Safdar Mirza

Safdar Mirza

Executive Director

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Safdar Mirza co-heads the quantitative strategies group at J.P. Morgan and has more than 20 years of banking and financial advisory experience. He has worked on more than $50 billion of complex municipal transactions that have involved refundings and restructurings, tenders and exchanges, fixed and floating derivative products and unwinds, and various cash and synthetic products. Mr. Mirza leads a group that has developed and used an array of analytical tools to help issuers solve complex financing, optimization and tax issues. Clients for whom Mr. Mirza has served as lead quantitative resource include large state and local governments, public university systems and private colleges, airport and surface transportation agencies, public power clients, water and wastewater enterprises, state revolving funds, and large healthcare systems. Mr. Mirza holds a B.A. in Economics from University of California, Berkeley.

Featured Sessions

Wednesday, October 14, 2026
9:10 am

How have market preferences and the needs of issuers shaped the structure of municipal bonds? Why are municipal bonds refunded before maturity or the call date? This session will examine structural conventions of municipal bonds and the inevitability of refunding. Presenters will explore latest refunding strategies, practices, and evaluation methods for achieving the highest value in a refunding transaction.