Public Finance
We provide investment banking, research, sales and trading, asset and wealth management, public finance, insurance, private capital, and family office services.
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 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.
Our reputation as a leading independent financial services firm is built on the stability of our longstanding and highly experienced senior executives.
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.
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 is the official investment banking partner of Williams Racing, one of the most winning teams in F1 history. We share that tradition of success.
We host many highly informative meetings each year with clients, industry decision makers, and thought leaders across the U.S. and in Europe.
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.
Stephens can help finance medical facility projects, tech upgrades, and accessibility improvements for hospitals, including single specialty, general acute care, and children’s hospitals.
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.
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.
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.
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
Stephens helps public and private entities finance projects that improve their communities.
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.
We help clients issue tax-exempt debt, such as general obligation bonds, revenue bonds, refunding bonds, bond anticipation notes, and certain private activity bonds.
A Collaborative Approach: We gather insights from across Stephens to develop solutions for Public Finance clients.
Fixed Income Sales and Trading facilitates transactions in municipal, mortgage, corporate and government securities to assist institutional clients in the management of their portfolios.
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.
