Top issuers in 1H 2024 see shakeup, led by DASNY

July 24, 2024 11:12 AM

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The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York ranked first among the Top 10 issuers in the first half of 2024, helped by a $2.9 billion deal in March.

The Florida Development Financing Corp., Massachusetts, the Los Angeles Unified School District and the New York Transportation Development Corporation entered the top 10.

These new entrants bumped the Regents of the University of California, Illinois, Main Street Natural Gas, the Texas Natural Gas Securitization Finance Corporation and the California Community Choice Financing Agency

Half of the top 10 issuers are from New York, with two others from California.

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