The Shield: Main Street Lending Program
By: Brandon Lippold, Assistant Vice President Effective July 17, 2020, through September 30, 2020, Nonprofit entities can obtain federal...
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Aug 3, 20201 min read
Sunnier Days Ahead!
Looking towards sunnier days ahead!
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Jul 21, 20202 min read
Realizing the Benefit of an Existing Escrow Through a Tender Offer
By: Georgina Walleshauser There continues to be a disparity in the current market between pre-refunded municipal bonds and Treasury...
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Jul 14, 20204 min read
The NEIU Social Justice Leadership Housing Award
By: Johan Rosenberg, Chairman The social unrest across our nation prompted me to re-examine our companies’ hiring practices and general...
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Jul 2, 20206 min read
June 2020 Municipal Market Update
By: Brandon Lippold, Associate Since we published our 2019 Municipal Market Year in Review market update in December, the financial...
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Jun 25, 20203 min read
Developing Story: Favorable Tax Policy Changes Potentially on the Horizon
The return of tax-exempt advance refundings, among other measures, could come soon. By: Erik Kelly, President of Blue Rose Capital...
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Jun 22, 20206 min read
Credit Rating Factors in a Post-Pandemic World
In the 90-plus days since COVID-19 interrupted the 2020 Spring term in an historically unprecedented fashion, the credit rating agencies...
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May 21, 20203 min read
Debt Restructuring Alternatives – Additional Tools in the Toolbox
By: Erik Kelly, President It is evident that issuers and borrowers across the public finance sector – from States and State agencies to...
Blue Rose Marketing
May 18, 20202 min read
Budgetary Relief with Interest Rate Swaps
By Samuel Gruer As a result of the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many budgets are strained and borrowers continue to...
Blue Rose Marketing
May 8, 20202 min read
Restructuring Escrows with Pre-Refunded Municipal Securities
By Georgina Walleshauser As many of you are aware, interest rates on US Treasury securities have recently fallen significantly....
Blue Rose Marketing
May 1, 20205 min read
The Shield - April Edition
By Erik Kelly Summary In Minnesota, spring weather is typically rather erratic. This has been evidenced once again in 2020, which has...
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May 1, 20202 min read
Basis Risk Between SIFMA and LIBOR in the Current Market
By Georgina Walleshauser Many issuers with outstanding variable rate demand bonds (“VRDBs”) have been closely tracking the SIFMA index in...
Blue Rose Marketing
Apr 24, 20202 min read
Hedging Treasuries in an Uncertain Market
By Samuel Gruer, Managing Director Many higher education institutions and other borrowers in the municipal market are enticed by the low...
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Apr 6, 20202 min read
Take Action Now for Money Available Under the CARES Act
Paycheck Protection Program—Available to Institutions With Less Than 500 Employees* By Ann Bolin The recently signed CARES Act contains a...
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Apr 1, 20205 min read
Helping Institutions Keep an Eye on the Medium- and Long-Term Implications of the COVID-19
By Justin Krieg The current COVID-19 health pandemic is creating tremendous concern for the higher education sector: Moody’s has...
Blue Rose Marketing
Mar 4, 20203 min read
The Shield: A Special Market Update Edition
By: Erik Kelly, President Interest rates have never been lower. Yes, participants in the fixed income and public finance markets have...
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Feb 28, 20202 min read
Money Market Funds vs. Laddered Portfolios Part 1: Market Expectations
By Georgina Walleshauser Blue Rose recently has seen many issuers contemplate whether to reinvest their bond proceeds in a money-market...
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Feb 11, 20201 min read
Blue Rose’s Scott Talcott, promoted to Senior Vice President
Mr. Talcott provides financial advisory services to the firm’s clients with respect to the planning and execution of all types of debt,...
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Jan 31, 20206 min read
Connecting with Blue Rose Advisors in 2020
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...
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Jan 16, 20201 min read
Blue Rose’s Max Wilkinson, promoted to Associate
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – January 9, 2019 Mr. Wilkinson provides in-depth modeling, research, and analytics in support of the delivery of capital...
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