Serving Our Clients

Our public clients are among our most valued customers, and Sutter specializes in providing state and local governments with investment banking and financial advisory expertise. Our public finance investment bankers have worked throughout California with the State governments, and state and local agencies, cities, counties, school and community college districts, irrigation districts, sewer and water districts, redevelopment agencies, transit districts, various joint action agencies and non-profit corporations.

Sutter has the capability and resources to become fully involved in all phases of a municipality's finances, from budgeting to debt issuance, providing consistent and reliable service. As part of our scope of services, we:

• Carefully evaluate our clients' financing needs in the context of their outstanding debt, tax and revenue sources, and credit rating.
• Analyze the costs and benefits of financing new public projects through alternative funding sources, including issuing debt, entering into leases, or obtaining state and/or federal grants.
• Provide financing recommendations and present these recommendations to the clients' governing bodies, such as the boards of supervisors or city councils.
• Coordinate with the municipal issuers' staff, bond counsel, engineers, credit enhancement providers and the rating agencies to structure and bring to market new public debt offerings.
• Underwrite and sell new municipal securities issues through a defined marketing plan and sales strategy.
• Support the issues of our municipal clients by continuing to make an active secondary market in their securities.