Rice Financial Products Company is one of the fastest growing underwriters of municipal bonds in the United States today. In 2006, the firm was a managing underwriter on $7.7 billion in municipal bonds. In 2009, Rice Financial
served as a managing underwriter on issues totaling $33.7 billion - a 438% increase in just three years. Not surprisingly, Rice’s ranking among underwriters grew dramatically during this period as well, jumping from 38th place to 22nd place nationally, full credit to each manager.

Rice Financial’s average transaction size 2006-2009 was $264 million, earning the firm a 5th place ranking nationally among firms that participated in 50 or more issues. The firm’s regular participation in some of the nation’s largest bond transactions is a testament to its ability to place a wide range of bonds with all types of investors.

Rice Financial’s investment banking professionals have a reputation and demonstrated track record for innovative problem solving that set them apart from their peers. The firm’s bankers leverage decades of experience and financial creativity to help customers develop tailored solutions to their unique financing needs.

As a testament to the quality of the firm’s banking and underwriting capabilities, in 2008, Rice Financial senior managed a transaction that was named the Bond Buyer 2008 Southeast Region Deal of the Year - a $114 million bond issue on behalf of Jackson Public Schools. This was the largest school district financing ever completed in the state of Mississippi. Other noteworthy transactions are summarized on the Financing Highlights page.

Through a subsidiary, Rice Capital Access Program, LLC, Rice Financial also serves as the Designated Bonding Authority to the U.S. Department of Education’s Historically Black College & University Capital Financing Program on a billion dollar portfolio.