Announcements

A complex public-private partnership was created to finance a people mover.

The Wisconsin HEFA Advocate Aurora deal leveraged the size and credit strength of the newly-formed organization.

Jefferson Union High School District issued what is believed to be the first voter-approved teacher-staff housing G.O. in the nation.

The TBTA's September remarketing was the first municipal issuance of bonds linked to the Secured Overnight Financing Rate, or SOFR, index.

At $2.6 billion, West Virginia’s largest-ever infrastructure initiative will finance hundreds of new and backlogged transportation projects.

The deal, issued to finance the bulk of a $3.5 billion capital program, marked the largest AMT bond transaction and the largest airport revenue bond ever issued.

Denver International Airport's deal represented the largest AMT bond transaction ever issued and the largest airport revenue bond in municipal bond history.

Issuers were honored in eight categories, and all the award winners are also finalists for the national Deal of the Year Award, which will be announced at a Dec. 6 ceremony in New York City.

Kyle Glazier is the new Washington bureau chief of The Bond Buyer. He succeeds longtime bureau chief Lynn Hume, who has retired after more than three decades on the job.

“When our residents think of municipal finance, they don’t think of civic engagement,” said Cambridge city manager Louis DePasquale. “But we’ve really worked hard to make a change on that, and now they do.”

Paul Brandley and Michael Abramo of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority accept the Northeast Deal of the Year for the country's first tax-exempt sustainability bonds.

Before being named the 2017 Deal of the Year, Kaiser Permanente’s Thomas Meier accepts the Healthcare award for the company’s $4.2 billion record-breaking transaction.

Missoula, Mont. chief administrative officer Dale Bickell called the deal the most complicated he's ever been a part of, one he's "proud will provide benefit to my hometown long after it's forgotten."

After its $300 million deal “almost blew up”, Bay Area Toll Authority pulled off its awarding-winning transaction in six weeks, said CFO Brian Mayhew when accepting the award.

John Hackbarth CFO of Owensboro Health talks about the Southeast Deal of the Year being 25-times oversubscribed, which drove down the cost of borrowing.

Scott Mahaffey, Chairman of Fort Worth Transportation Authority, accepts the Southwest Deal of the Year award for a project that “has been on our books for 20 years.”

Great Lakes Water Authority CEO Sue McCormick thanks investors, old and new, for the confidence in its management team and “for knowing a good deal when you see one.”

Rosemawr Management principal Julie Morrone shares a story about being a woman in a male-dominated industry, and the reassurance of hearing another woman say "if you go, I'll go."

Chicago CFO Carole Brown shares her hopes on what would happen "if some brave woman raises her hand and says 'me too.'"

Kaiser’s Thomas Meier discusses how the company’s core values resulted in consistent financial performance and a rating upgrade, factors that helped lead to a Deal of the Year award-winning transaction.