Municipal financial advisors saw $146.805 billion of business in 2,685 transactions in the first half of 2023, down from $167.727 billion in 3,484 deals over the same time period in 2022.
Municipal Capital Markets Group, Columbia Capital Management and Caine Mitter and Associates moved into the top 10, while Baker Tilly Municipal Advisors, Stifel Nicolaus & Co. and Swap Financial Group were ousted.
A supply surge hits the market as The Bond Buyer 30-day visible bond volume ticks in at $17.67 billion, $10 billion of which will come the first full week of May, just as macroeconomic data moves all markets to rally.
The latest revision of Oklahoma's fossil fuel "boycotter" list added Barclays, which joins three other municipal bond underwriters placed there last year.
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green's last-minute attempt to resuscitate a bill that would have allowed Hawaii Electric Co. to issue debt, backed by a rate increase, failed.
The Oversight Board has given the local government until Tuesday to introduce a bill to revoke or amend a law that would reduce the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority's revenues.
Assured's controlling vote is "important to investors who were reassured to hear that there would be a large sophisticated party with a significant economic interest in the success of the project," the insurer said.
The $380 million request for the zoo to voters in three Portland-area counties is the largest bond measure on the May 21 statewide primary ballot.
