Barclays Capital's Municipal Finance business, which it inherited as part of the acquisition of Lehman Brothers North American investment banking and capital markets businesses in 2008, has managed 2,600 transaction totaling more than US$150 billion for clients over the past ten years.
Our clients include state and local governments, public authorities, not-for-profit organizations and private consortia.
With offices across US and Puerto Rico, our team of municipal finance professionals provide clients with:
- comprehensive services and products for municipal issuers and investors to minimize borrowing costs, enhance investment returns and more effectively manage assets and liabilities; and
- in-depth industry and technical expertise in the origination, derivatives, structuring and execution of debt financing.
Our Municipal Finance team operates as a vertically integrated, full-service business designed to serve our municipal investor and issuer clients, and is fully integrated into the Barclays Capital Credit business in order to reach and serve global cross-market investors.
Our research team has received consistent recognition from Institutional Investor as the industry leader in providing trading advice and strategy for our clients. We provide in-depth coverage of various credit sectors, including G.O.'s, transportation, utilities, hospitals, housing, project financing, and below-investment-grade industrial revenue bonds. Our goal is to anticipate changes in market trends and the regulatory environment that may affect our clients.
