Handbook for Muni-Bond Issuers
Handbook for Muni-Bond Issuers is the first book to give issuers (municipalities and their officers, attorneys, and other advisors) step-by-step tips on (1) lowering the cost of financing and (2) how to do it right and avoid trouble-with the press, with the market, with constituents, and with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
From Bloomberg, the authority on municipal bond valuation, this is the first book to give issuers (municipalities and their officers, attorneys, and other advisors) step-by-step tips on (1) lowering the cost of financing and (2) how to do it right and avoid trouble - with the press, with the market, with constituents, and with the Securities and Exchange Commission. With an insider`s perspective, Joe Mysak debunks the myths and reveals the practical realities of today`s municipal bond market. Fresh and clearly written, this excellent primer on issuing municipal bonds is a key to the market that no participant should be without.
BOOK DETAILS :Hardback, 240 Pages, Dimensions 107 x 199 MM Language English.
Chapter 1 Getting Started The basics
Chapter 2 Choosing Your Method of Sale Negotiated or competitive?
Chapter 3 Getting Advice What your financial adviser can do for you
Chapter 4 How to Sell Bonds the Right Way Paying the lowest interest cost
Chapter 5 The Role of the Underwriter Watch what they do.
Chapter 6 How to Get into Trouble You are responsible for your bonds.
Chapter 7 The Bond Counsel The gatekeepers
Chapter 8 Who Buys Your Bonds? A smaller group than you'd think
Chapter 9 Public Relations How to win bond elections
Chapter 10 What Happens in a Bond Sale Step by step
Chapter 11 Credit Ratings A continuing relationship
Chapter 12 After the Sale Don’t get burned.
Joe Mysak is a columnist for Bloomberg News. Formerly, he worked at The Bond Buyer as editor and publisher, as editor of American Banker, and also as editor of both Grant's Municipal Bond Observer and Grant's Municipal Bond Issuer. He wrote The Guidebook to Muncipal Bonds with George J. Marlin and edited The Bond Buyer's centennial edition.