Minneapolis, MN | The Shield Newsletter | October 3, 2021 By: Brandon Lippold, Assistant Vice President In the last year and a half, the...

Minneapolis, MN | The Shield Newsletter | October 12, 2021 By: Erik Kelly, President Earlier this year we wrote an article about whether...

By: Erik Kelly, President | August 11, 2021 | Minneapolis, MN Last week on August 4th, Moody’s released the final version of their...

Minneapolis, MN | July 23, 2021 | Blue Rose Capital Advisors By: Sam Gruer, Managing Director The debt ceiling for the United States is...

By: Johan Rosenberg, Chairman Today’s popular economic narrative says to expect a strong recovery, with rising inflation at the same...

By: Erik Kelly, President We are now four months into the year and various credit and market developments continue to unfold, many of...

By: Scott Talcott, Senior Vice President Recently, Moody’s released a proposed update to their higher education rating methodology. The...

By: Maxwell Wilkinson, Assistant Vice President The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 has created significant new challenges for all...

By: Brandon Lippold, Assistant Vice President Since we published our 2020 Mid-Year Market Update last June, the financial markets have...

By: Erik Kelly, President Key Public Finance Themes for 2021 It is just one month into calendar year 2021 and we are already seeing...

By: Erik Kelly, President There has been very little normalcy in calendar year 2020. We as a country, our communities, and each of us...

By: Erik Kelly, President Borrowers of long-term debt are always faced with this question: should we borrow on a fixed rate or a variable...

By: Brandon Lippold, Assistant Vice President Effective July 17, 2020, through September 30, 2020, Nonprofit entities can obtain federal...

By: Brandon Lippold, Associate Since we published our 2019 Municipal Market Year in Review market update in December, the financial...

The return of tax-exempt advance refundings, among other measures, could come soon. By: Erik Kelly, President of Blue Rose Capital...

In the 90-plus days since COVID-19 interrupted the 2020 Spring term in an historically unprecedented fashion, the credit rating agencies...

By: Erik Kelly, President It is evident that issuers and borrowers across the public finance sector – from States and State agencies to...

By Erik Kelly Summary In Minnesota, spring weather is typically rather erratic. This has been evidenced once again in 2020, which has...

Paycheck Protection Program—Available to Institutions With Less Than 500 Employees* By Ann Bolin The recently signed CARES Act contains a...

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