Public Finance Management & Municipal Advisory Services | Stephens

Who We Are

What We Do

We provide investment banking, research, sales and trading, asset and wealth management, public finance, insurance, private capital, and family office services.

About Us

We are a family-owned financial services firm that values client relationships, long-term stability, and supporting the communities where we live and work.

The Stephens Story

The idea of family defines our culture, because each of us knows that our reputation is on the line as if our own name was on the door.

Leadership

Our reputation as a leading independent financial services firm is built on the stability of our longstanding and highly experienced senior executives.

Impact Initiatives

We are committed to bettering the communities where we live and operate. We do this by supporting corporate philanthropy, economic and financial literacy advocacy, and professional success.

Our Brand Ambassadors

Stephens is proud to sponsor the PGA TOUR, LPGA Tour, and PGA TOUR Champions careers, as well as applaud the philanthropic endeavors, of our Brand Ambassadors.

Stephens & Atlassian Williams Racing

Stephens is the official investment banking partner of Williams Racing, one of the most winning teams in F1 history. We share that tradition of success.

Making Connections

We host many highly informative meetings each year with clients, industry decision makers, and thought leaders across the U.S. and in Europe.

Expertise

Education

Stephens can help finance education projects for K-12, colleges, and universities—including facility upgrades, classroom technology, student housing, and resources for teachers and staff.

Healthcare

Stephens can help finance medical facility projects, tech upgrades, and accessibility improvements for hospitals, including single specialty, general acute care, and children’s hospitals.

Public Safety

Stephens can help finance Public Safety projects supporting first responders, including fire, police, EMT services, and correctional facilities, to enhance emergency response and public protection.

Recreation

Stephens can help finance recreation projects of all sizes—parks, arenas, convention centers, and more—to enhance community life at city, county, and state levels.

Transportation

Stephens can help finance transportation projects of all sizes—from crosswalks to airports—supporting commerce and community connection through roads, bridges, railways, ports, and more.

Utilities

Stephens can help finance utility projects—water, sewer, electric, broadband, and more—supporting essential services with a solutions-focused approach to ESG risks for community infrastructure.

Public Finance

What We Do

Stephens helps public and private entities finance projects that improve their communities.

Stephens Public Finance Management Services

We create financing strategies for municipalities, local government agencies, state-level agencies, and non-profit organizations and provide guidance on the pricing, issuance, and sale of tax-exempt and taxable debt.

Our bankers provide underwriting and municipal advisory services across areas of expertise such as Education, Utilities, Transportation, Healthcare, Recreation, and Public Safety.

We place a premium on relationships, and through our network, connect clients with resources to accomplish their goals.

Featured Transactions

The 2024A bonds were issued to refund outstanding 2013 utility revenue refunding bonds; the 2024B bonds were issued to finance capital improvements to the District's water and sewer system.

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08/20/2024

Proceeds will be used for the purpose of safety and security installations and improvement to high school, a new career and technical education center and other capital improvements within the District

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07/23/2024

Proceeds will be used for designing, acquisition, construction of additions and enhancements of upgrades and maintenance of the Arkansas Wireless Information Network ("AWIN").

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12/02/2020

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How We Can Help You

Tax-Exempt Debt

We help clients issue tax-exempt debt, such as general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, refunding bonds, bond anticipation notes, and certain private activity bonds.

Taxable Debt

Sales and Use Tax Bonds

Bond Elections

Legislative Impact

Breadth of Services for Public Finance

A Collaborative Approach: We gather insights from across Stephens to develop solutions for Public Finance clients.

Stephens Fixed Income Sales & Trading

Fixed Income Sales and Trading facilitates transactions in municipal, mortgage, corporate and government securities to assist institutional clients in the management of their portfolios.

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Stephens Investment Banking

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Find a Stephens Public Finance Banker

Our Public Finance professionals work across areas of expertise, helping clients access the capital they need for projects to improve their communities. Let’s begin the conversation.

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