The following firms have been approved and qualified by the State Treasurer's Office to provide professional services to the State Treasurer’s Office regarding Commonwealth of Massachusetts bond sales or its borrowing programs. Each firm was selected via a competitive Request for Qualifications (RFQ).
Underwriters
Senior Managers:
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Citibank Global Markets
Jefferies & Co.
JP Morgan
Morgan Stanley
RBC Capital Markets
Wells Fargo
Co-Senior Managers:
Barclays
M.R. Beal & Co.
Ramirez & Co.
Raymond James Morgan Keegan
Siebert Brandford Shank & Co.
Co-Managers:
Cabrera Capital Markets
CastleOak Securities
Corby Capital Markets
Deutsche Bank AG
Eastern Bank Capital Markets
Edward Jones
Estrada Hinojosa & Co.
Fidelity Capital Markets
Jackson Securities
Janney Montgomery Scott
Lebenthal & Co.
Loop Capital Markets
Mesirow Financial
Oppenheimer & Co.
Piper Jaffray
Prager & Co.
Rice Financial Products
Robert W. Baird & Co.
Roosevelt & Cross
Stifel Nicolaus
TD Securities
US Bankcorp
Williams Capital Group
The following firms have been pre-qualified as Selling Group Members:
Drexel Hamilton
Sandgrain Securities
Southwest Securities
Stern Brothers Co.
Bond Counsel
Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
McCarter & English LLP
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C.
Nixon Peabody LLP
Disclosure Counsel
Primary Counsel: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C.
Back-Up Counsel: Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
Bank Liquidity / Commercial Paper Counsel
Primary Counsel: Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
Back-Up Counsel: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C.
Swap Counsel
Primary Counsel: Nixon Peabody LLP
Back-Up Counsel: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo P.C.
Underwriters’ Counsel
The following firms have been pre-qualified by the State Treasurer's Office to provide counsel services to a syndicate of firms underwriting a Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bond Sale:
Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
Foley & Lardner LLP
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Law Offices of Joseph C. Reid, PA
McCarter & English LLP
Nixon Peabody LLP
Financial Advisors
Andrew Kalotay & Associates
Public Financial Management
Public Resources Advisory Group
Swap Advisors
Public Financial Management
Swap Financial Group
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Last Revised: 07/11/2012
Disclaimer: The information is provided for quick reference only and is not an exhaustive compilation of information for any particular bond issue. It does not purport to present full and fair disclosure with respect to Commonwealth of Massachusetts debt within the meaning of applicable securities laws.