Ehlers is an industry-leading financial advisory firm serving Minnesota, Wisconsin, Colorado, Illinois and Kansas. We leverage centuries of combined experience and specialized expertise to deliver innovative, fully integrated public finance solutions that help our public sector clients build strong, vibrant and sustainable communities. We serve local governments, school districts, public agencies, special districts, community development authorities, joint powers boards and select non-profit organizations.
We’ve helped public sector clients realize their vision through creative debt solutions for more than six decades. It’s why we consistently rank in the top three nationally for the number of competitive bond sales advised.
Creating new jobs and revitalizing communities is what it’s all about. Our advisors leverage first-hand experience in local government to design financial solutions that bring your development visions to life.
From annual budgets to capital improvement plans – and everything in between – Ehlers provides strategic, yet practical fiscal guidance to help clients fulfill immediate financial needs and achieve long-term community goals.
Ehlers delivers comprehensive cash management and investment strategies for our public sector clients' cash-based assets. We also help clients create smart, safe investment policies that strive to support liquidity and return, while adhering to IRS regulations.
Our specialized consultants partner seamlessly with your Ehlers’ Advisory team to develop strategies that ensure IRS compliance and minimize rebates.
With client communities at the heart of everything we do, Ehlers’ integrated advisory teams are highly qualified to deliver independent guidance across all areas of public finance. Not all financial advisory firms can say that.
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Ehlers helps clients market and issue bonds through both competitive and negotiated processes. The occurrence and details of our clients' competitive bond sales are subject to change. Final details for each sale listed will be found in the official statement produced by Ehlers.
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Upcoming Bond Sales
$14,390,000.00 General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2022B
Maturities
2025 - 2042
Sale Date & Time
October 11 2022, 10:00 AM CT
$136,000,000.00 General Obligation School Building Bonds, Series 2022A
Maturities
2024 - 2043
Sale Date & Time
October 11 2022, 10:00 AM CT
$14,655,000.00 Certificates of Participation, Series 2022A
Maturities
2024 - 2038
Sale Date & Time
October 12 2022, 10:00 AM CT
The U.S. Treasury Secretary and World Bank spoke on inflation expectations, municipal yields drop, and bond funds see first inflows of the year, breaking a long streak of outflows. GFOA talks about revising best practices on debt and the challenge of hiring at the municipal level.
Financial markets have remained volatile as investors take stock of the Federal Reserve’s efforts to tame inflation. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has stated that officials broadly agreed that additional 50-basis point (1 basis point = 0.01%) increases could be warranted in June and July given current economic conditions, but others have stated a 75-basis point increase cannot be ruled out.
Equity markets declined significantly following Fed Chair Powell’s recent public remarks as we proceed toward the May FOMC meeting. Municipal Bond yields follow in line with U.S Treasuries.
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