The Association of Bay Area Governments does not necessarily endorse the use of any of these firms. This listing is provided only as a resource.

Bloomberg

Bloomberg PERSONAL Online is the most recent addition to the Bloomberg Media Family. Now the data and analysis available on the Bloomberg Terminal can be used by the interactive investor. Provided by Standard & Poor's.

Bondholder Communications Group

Bondholder Communications Group (BCG) helps bondholders act on consents, tenders or exchanges in the bond market. The services starting with identification of the bondholder, assisting with the design of the deal "mechanics," and continuing through the solicitation and tabulation of each bondholder's vote or tender.

California Municipal Statistics, Inc. (Calmuni)

Calmuni provides a subscription service to California municipal bond Information and California municipal bond research reports. Calmuni has the largest and most comprehensive database on California municipal issues in existence.

CUSIP Service Bureau

The CUSIP Service Bureau, operated by Standard & Poor's for the American Bankers Association, exists for the primary purpose of uniquely identifying issuers of securities and their financial instruments within a standard nine-character framework, and disseminating this information to the financial marketplace.

DAC

Digital Assurance Certification (DAC), an Ernst & Young LLP company, offers a Web-based solutions for dissemination, SEC compliance, and investor relations.

DPC Data

DPC Data Inc. is a leading provider of document archive products and data to the professional municipal bond market. It has over 300,000 documents in its online document collection including the daily updated complete collection of official statements, escrow documents, amendments, audited and interim financial statements and other secondary market disclosure materials.

Elabra

Elabra's Debt Issuance Management System is an online collaboration tool used by members of the working group to manage documents leading up to the Official Statement. Members can check the financing schedule, contact other working group members, check on the status of documents being drafted, and leave comments to the authors of those documents. Click through for a demonstration. Also, Elabra's Financial Printing is a California based company specializing in the printing and distribution of Official Statements and Bond Certificates for the Public Finance Community.

Goodwind Consulting Group, Inc.

GCG is the only consulting firm based in northern California that has combined expertise in both preparing the special tax formula during Mello-Roos Community Facilities District (CFD) formation and administering the special tax on an annual basis throughout the life of the bonds. GCG administers almost 50 CFDs each year, including preparing the special tax levy, submitting continuing disclosure reports, and calculating arbitrage rebate amounts. GCG can answer questions regarding the tax formula for homeowners, realtors, appraisers, and other interested parties.
Contact: Susan Goodwin susan@goodwinconsultinggroup.net

ImageMaster Financial Publishing

ImageMaster Financial Publishing, Inc. specializes in the production and distribution of official statements for municipal bond issues.

Interactive Brokers

Interactive Brokers conducts its broker/dealer and proprietary trading businesses on over 100 market destinations worldwide. In its broker dealer agency business, IB provides direct access ("on line") trade execution and clearing services to institutional and professional traders for a wide variety of electronically traded products including stocks, options, futures, forex, bonds, CFDs and funds worldwide. In its proprietary trading business, IB engages in market making for its own account in about 6,500 different electronically traded products.

Municipal Finance Corporation

Municipal Finance Corporation specializes in arranging and administering privately placed and publicly issued tax-exempt financings for public agencies and local governments throughout California.

Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB)

The MSRB makes rules regulating dealers who deal in municipal bonds, municipal notes, and other municipal securities. The MSRB Web Site contains useful information for municipal securities investors, dealers and the general public.

NBS Local Government Solutions

NBS is an independent firm based in Temecula, California that assists local governmental agencies, such as cities, counties, and special districts, with specific public finance tasks and engineering projects relating to the use of Special Financing Districts ("SFD's" known as special assessment and special tax districts). NBS is committed to providing top-quality administration services, assessment engineering, special tax consulting, and other applicable services.

Northern California Community Loan Fund

The Northern California Community Loan Fund is a nonprofit lender that assists in the revitalization of low income and minority communities. The Fund serves as a bridge between socially concerned investors and community organizations that have limited access to financing from traditional lending institutions.

Securities and Exchange Commission

The SEC is an independent, nonpartisan, quasi-judicial regulatory agency with responsibility for administering the federal securities laws.

Thomson Municipal Market Monitor (TM3)

TM3 is a joint venture between four Thomson companies: Thomson Municipal Services, Muller Data, Municipal Market data, and Dalcomp. The collaboration has culminated in the creation of a municipal market information powerhouse. TM3 links news, data and analysis from all of the information sources.