BofA Securities retained its crown as the No. 1 underwriter in the first half of the year.
The top 10 underwriters did not see any new entrants, but some shuffling among the firms.
| Rank | Underwriter | 1H 2025 par amount (USD millions) | Market share | Number of issues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BofA Securities | $43,727.92 | 15.77% | 293 |
| 2 | RBC Capital Markets | $28,089.74 | 10.13% | 262 |
| 3 | J.P. Morgan | $26,713.65 | 9.63% | 179 |
| 4 | Morgan Stanley | $18,947.74 | 6.83% | 120 |
| 5 | Wells Fargo | $18,129.56 | 6.54% | 127 |
| 6 | Jefferies | $17,575.95 | 6.34% | 133 |
| 7 | Barclays | $13,124.81 | 4.73% | 72 |
| 8 | Raymond James | $12,800.47 | 4.62% | 323 |
| 9 | Goldman Sachs | $12,496.61 | 4.51% | 54 |
| 10 | Stifel Nicolaus | $12,154.97 | 4.38% | 391 |
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Yakym praised the successful effort to preserve the tax exemption throughout One Big Beautiful Bill negotiations and encouraged market advocates to keep lobbying lawmakers.
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Demand may strengthen as "investors anticipate the Federal Reserve's likely path of rate cuts, which would drive yields even lower," said Tom Kozlik, managing director and head of public policy and municipal strategy at HilltopSecurities.
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"It shows the chairman's understanding of the practical realities of firms...," Peter Chan, a partner at Baker McKenzie said.
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This will be Charvel's second stint as the city's CFO.
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Cities are responding to a state directive to remove symbols on crosswalks and other so-called distractions or risk losing state and federal funding.
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The city council of Harvey voted to declare the city financially distressed in a bid for state oversight, as the mayor warned of a city government shutdown.
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