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...

By: Erik Kelly, President Interest rates have never been lower. Yes, participants in the fixed income and public finance markets have...

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...

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

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

By: Erik Kelly In my house, baseball season turns to football season, which quickly turns to my favorite – basketball season.  For many...

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

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

By: Adrienne Booker Over the last two months, S&P Global Ratings (S&P), Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) and Fitch Ratings Inc....

By: Brandon Lippold The objective of this update is to provide insight into key municipal market developments that have occurred since...

By: Justin Krieg Ph.D. Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) in higher education continue to grow across several dimensions, including...

by Heidi Lindahl Spring is in the air, and that means conference season is here as well. It doesn’t take much research to find a...

By: Max Wilkinson Last year, the SEC announced its plans to amend Rule 15c2-12. This proposed amendment recently took effect at the end...

Last June, Blue Rose published an article discussing the troubles facing LIBOR and introducing the rate pegged to replace it – SOFR

By: Scott Talcott In recent months, the growing flatness of the yield curve has been a consistently discussed topic in the market....