Rankings

A review of the biggest issues in various public finance sectors in 2024.

The top five bond financings totaled more than $6 billion.

The top five bond financings totaled more than $6 billion.

The top 10 saw some movements in 2024, with Greenberg Traurig and Chapman and Culter entering the top 10, while Gilmore & Bell and Bracewell were bumped to the top 15.

The top five bond financings came in above $7 billion.

The muni market saw a record $507.585 billion of debt issued in 2024, up 31.8% from $385.061 billion in 2023, according to LSEG data. 

The top 10 advisors accounted for $249.421 billion of par or 59.3% of the total issuance with municipal advisors.

New York boasts four of the top 10 issuers, followed by California with two and one a piece for Florida, Massachusetts, Washington and New Jersey.

The top five bond financings came in above $5 billion.

Issuance of housing bonds for the first half of the year was at $22.243 billion in 357 issues, up 31.7% from 1H 2023's figure of $16.891 billion in 381 issues.

The top 10 underwriters for healthcare issuance accounted for $20.056 billion in the first half of 2024.

The top 10 financial advisors for housing deals accounted for $12.595 billion in the first half of 2024.

The top 10 issuers of housing deals accounted for more than a third of total housing issuance.

The top five bond financings came in above $9 billion.

The top 10 bond counsel for healthcare deals accounted for $12.32 billion in 63 deals in the first half of 2024.

The top 10 healthcare issuers accounted for $11.52 billion in 52 deals in the first half of 2024 as the sector deals with rising costs and staffing shortages.

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe was the top bond counsel, accounting for $42.15 billion in 277 issues for an 11.3% market share.

RBC Capital Markets was the top underwriter for healthcare issuance in 1H

The 10 largest issuers of electric power issuance in the first half of 2024 accounted for $8.224 billion.

The 10 largest underwriters of electric power issuance in the first half of 2024 accounted for $8.68 billion.