Minneapolis, MN | November 9, 2021 | Basis Points Newsletter By: Georgina Walleshauser, Associate The U.S. government’s debt limit was...

Minneapolis, MN | September 24, 2021 | Blue Rose Capital Advisors By: Georgina Walleshauser, Associate With the U.S. fiscal year ending...

By: Sam Gruer, Managing Director | Minneapolis, MN | September 2, 2021 The recent closure of the SLGS window combined with the extremely...

By: Sam Gruer, Managing Director | Minneapolis, MN | July 21, 2021 The debt ceiling for the United States is currently suspended until...

By: Georgina Walleshauser, Associate July 16, 2021 | Minneapolis, MN In the current market, debt service reserve funds create negative...

Do you want to learn more about refunding escrows, especially with a SLGS window closure expected this summer? Blue Rose has experience...

By: Sam Gruer, Managing Director As we’ve written previously, the debt ceiling for the United States is currently suspended until July...

By: Sam Gruer, Managing Director A few weeks ago, Blue Rose and its sister company, HedgeStar, hosted a webinar relating to the phase-out...

By: Georgina Walleshauser, Associate In past newsletters, we’ve often discussed the impact of an inverted yield curve environment on...

By: Sam Gruer, Managing Director In the past, Blue Rose has written about the use of Guaranteed Investment Contracts (“GICs”) and...

By: Sam Gruer, Managing Director As regular readers of Basis Points are aware, the London Interbank Offering Rate (LIBOR) is expected to...

By: Georgina Walleshauser, Associate Prior to the financial crisis, long-term interest rates were significantly higher than where they...

By: Brandon Lippold, Assistant Vice President Since Blue Rose’s last update on the transition from LIBOR to SOFR  the ARRC continues to...

By Georgina Walleshauser, Associate It is typical for issuers with an upcoming refunding transaction to engage an escrow bidding...

By: Georgina Walleshauser There continues to be a disparity in the current market between pre-refunded municipal bonds and Treasury...

By Samuel Gruer As a result of the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many budgets are strained and borrowers continue to...

By Georgina Walleshauser As many of you are aware, interest rates on US Treasury securities have recently fallen significantly....

By Georgina Walleshauser Many issuers with outstanding variable rate demand bonds (“VRDBs”) have been closely tracking the SIFMA index in...

By Samuel Gruer, Managing Director Many higher education institutions and other borrowers in the municipal market are enticed by the low...

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