Rankings

Top 10 electric power bond counsel of electric power issuance accounted for $9.36 billion in 38 deals in the first half of 2024.

The 10 largest underwriters of education issuance in the first half of 2024 accounted for $48.172 billion.

The 10 largest bond counsels of education issuance in the first half of 2024 accounted for $28.829 billion.

The 10 largest issuers of education issuance in the first half of 2024 accounted for $15.219 billion.

Education issuance in the first half of 2024 rose 27% year-over-year, increasing to $64.516 billion across 1,646 issues from $50.796 billion in 1,559 transactions from 1H 2023.

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

The top 10 saw some shifts again.

PFM takes the top spot.

NYC TFA tops the list.

As the underwriter landscape changes, so does the competitive market.

The top five bond financings came in above $8 billion.

Pent-up demand, dwindling federal aid and lower interest rates led to a 32% increase in municipal issuance in the first half of 2024.

The top five bond financings came in above $1 billion.

The newcomers, Greenberg Traurig, Bryant Rabbino and Ballard Spahr, knocked Bracewell, Nixon Peabody and Gilmore & Bell, out of the top 10.

Municipal bond insurance grew 24.4% in the first half, compared to the same period last year.

The top 5 competitive underwriters remained in the same ranking positions as 1H 2023, while there was some shuffling with the remaining in the Top 10.

Kaufman Hall & Associates, Caine Mitter & Associates, KNN Public Finance entered the Top 10, while CSG Advisors, Estrada Hinojosa and Columbia Capital Management were bumped.

Half of the top 10 issuers are from New York, California issuers hold two spots on the list.

Raymond James was the sole new entrant in the Top 10, knocking out Citi — which formally exited the muni market by the end of Q1 2024.

The top five bond financings have an average dollar volume of more than $1.9 billion.