By Justin Krieg The current COVID-19 health pandemic is creating tremendous concern for the higher education sector: Moody’s has downgraded the sector to a “...

Interest rates have never been lower. Yes, participants in the fixed income and public finance markets have said this before; many times, in fact, over the l...

By Georgina Walleshauser Blue Rose recently has seen many issuers contemplate whether to reinvest their bond proceeds in a money-market fund or a laddered po...

Who is DeveloP3rs? DeveloP3rs is a division of Blue Rose Capital Advisors, who recognizes the strategic value of Public-Private Partnerships (“P3s”) and is p...

Blue Rose Introduces DeveloP3rs - A Division of Blue Rose Capital Advisors. DeveloP3rs is proud to be a division of Blue Rose Capital Advisors, a firm that r...

Mr. Talcott provides financial advisory services to the firm’s clients with respect to the planning and execution of all types of debt, derivative, reinvestm...

By Megan Roth Happy new year! At Blue Rose, we welcome the new year as it presents our advisory team and our clients with another opportunity to improve thei...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – January 9, 2019 Mr. Wilkinson provides in-depth modeling, research, and analytics in support of the delivery of capital planning, debt and ...

By Georgina Walleshauser Generally, in a positively sloped yield curve environment, issuers benefit from investing the bond proceeds in their project funds b...

The year began with a significant amount of market uncertainty, with many market participants anticipating impending market-wide turmoil. However, contrary t...

Blue Rose Capital Advisors is thankful for the new opportunities and progress made during this holiday season. One advancement that Blue Rose Capital Advisor...

By Georgina Walleshauser Recently, some of our clients have been utilizing a “rollover” laddered portfolio investment strategy for their debt service reserve...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - November 14, 2019 Mr. McNulty specializes in providing lead advisory services and financial analysis for higher education institution finan...

By Georgina Walleshauser By design, the yields on State and Local Government Series (SLGS) securities are slightly lower than the yields on open market secur...

By Erik Kelly In my house, baseball season turns to football season, which quickly turns to my favorite – basketball season.  For many like us in the norther...

By Brandon Lippold & Craig Haymaker Rates have fallen and yield curves have flattened (and in some areas inverted) significantly since the start of the year....

By Samuel Gruer The National Association of Bond Lawyers (NABL) held a conference this month where a panel entitled “Tax Hot Topics” inspired a discussion on...

Total return swaps issued in combination with long term fixed rate notes or 20-year fixed rate debt are a viable alternative for tax-exempt issuers that typi...

One particular public-private partnership (“P3”) transaction that demonstrates the breadth and depth of our expertise took place at Wayne State University (“...

By Max Wilkinson With the passage of tax reform in late 2017, refinancing opportunities for municipal borrowers took a significant hit due to the elimination...