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Unlike the other first half rankings, top municipal underwriters counsel have done less business so far this year to what they did in the first half of 2018. Underwriters counsel totaled $104.89 billion in 1,622 transactions compared to $106.76 billion in 1,614 deals. Similarity to the bond counsel rankings, the leader remained that way while the rest of the rankings were muddled.
July 17 -
The top municipal bond counsel rankings were all mixed up from how they looked a year ago, with the exception of Orrick, which remained on top.
July 17 -
The two active municipal bond insurers are currently outpacing their output year-over-year in terms of industry penetration rate, par amount insured and number of transactions. Assured Guaranty and Build America Mutual have combined for $9.69 billion of insured volume spanning 798 transactions and 5.8% penetration rate so far in 2019, up from $9.06 billion in 625 deals and 5.5% insured rate the two achieved during the first six months of 2018.
July 17 -
The top municipal bond financial advisors are almost running on the same pace as they were last year in terms of par amount. So far in 2019 they have accounted for $137.44 billion throughout 3,512 transactions, slightly up from the $137.20 billion in 3,344 deals in the same time period the year before. The top three spots remained the same, with the Public Financial Management Group extending its lead.
July 17 -
California retained its top spot in total volume, but New York State dominated with deal size, with two deals in the top five and five in the top 10.
July 5 -
The top municipal bond underwriters have outperformed their 2018 first halves in both volume and transactions year over year.
July 5 -
The top muni bond counsel firms accounted for $74.79 billion in 1,783 transactions in the first quarter of 2019, up from $61.46 billion in 1,655 deals a year earlier. Although overall business was up, most of the top firms didn't quite achieve higher totals than they had during the same time last year.
April 18 -
PFM, Acacia and Piper move up in FA rankings, as deal volume handled by the top firms rose 18.6% from last year's depressed level to $64.32 billion.
April 18 -
Municipal bond insurers are running close to last year's clip through the first three months of 2019, as the two active insurers wrapped $3.61 billion in 288 transactions. That compares with $3.61 billion 257 deals during the same period last year. The insurance penetration rate dipped to 4.8% from 5.9% at the end of the first quarter of last year.
April 18 -
The top muni underwriters counsel rankings were all shaken up, as business spiked to $48.69 billion from $41.94 billion at this point last year.
April 18