Handbook for Muni-Bond Issuers
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 1. April 1998
Book
Hardback
236 pages
978-1-57660-023-8 (ISBN)
Description
The Handbook for Muni-Bond Issuers provides professionals with succinct guidance on what issuers need to know before beginning the issuance process - choosing a method of sale, getting the right financial advice, disclosure and legal guidelines, and lowering the cost of financing. It includes a detailed discussion of what happens prior to a sale through what to expect after the close. Author Joe Mysak takes issuers through the process, step-by-step, with smart answers and pragmatic strategies for success in today's muni-bond market. This book provides an insider's perspective on choosing a method of sale, finding the right financial advisers, what to expect from regulators, and earning a high credit rating.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Princeton
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm
Width: 114 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
281 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57660-023-8 (9781576600238)
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Persons
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.
Content
Foreword (Michael R. Bloomberg).
Introduction.
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.
Resources and Glossary.
Index.