Two California issuers take first and third spots on the list. The Regents of the University of California top the list with $2.875 billion in six deals while Los Angeles Unified School District lands at third with $1.189 billion in two deals.

Orrick Herrington took the top spot with nearly 50% of the market.

Goldman Sachs took the top spot in underwriting public power debt, coming in at nearly $6 billion in 2023.

The top 10 bond counsels saw some shuffling and welcomed two new entrants, Locke Lord and Ballard Spahr.

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

The growing federal debt level may pressure lawmakers to retract or reduce the tax-exemption for munis to generate revenue, some market participants argue.

DASNY, Washington, Massachusetts, Jefferson County, Alabama, and the New Jersey Education Facilities Authority entered the top 10, with the last three issuers coming to market after not issuing any debt in the first quarter of 2023.

Kaufman Hall & Associates, Piper Sandler and Montague DeRose & Associates moved into the top 10, while CSG Advisors, Estrada Hinojosa and RBC Capital Markets were bumped.

BofA Securities remained at the top of the list.

Municipal bonds on the rise