Our Capabilities
Public Finance isn't just about balancing budgets – it's about building futures. At FHN Financial, we work alongside our municipal partners to create sustainable financial strategies that empower communities to grow and thrive. Whether it's supporting families, fueling small businesses, or attracting global investment, we're here to help lay the financial foundation for long-term prosperity. Whatever your public project goals may be, we're ready to help you bring them to life.
We provide municipal securities banking services to issuers of tax-exempt and taxable municipal securities across sectors in the municipal securities industry. Working in conjunction with our municipal bond department, the firm executes both negotiated and competitive sales' municipal underwritings for Issuers located across the United States.
Our combination of resources, expertise, relationships, and services is powerful, unique, and highly focused to bring strong pricing results and flawless transaction execution to municipal issuers across the country. Whatever your public project goals may be, we provide innovative financing ideas, abundant capital strength, exceptional investor access spanning across all asset classes, and strong pricing execution no matter the market environment.
Our Network
Positioned within the fixed income division of a larger financial services institution, you benefit from access to powerful resources and expertise alongside the customer attention, services, and delivery that only a regional firm with local understanding can provide. As a division of a $100+ billion financial institution, First Horizon Bank, N.A., and as a Municipal Securities Department we do not hesitate to put our capital behind every underwriting in which we participate. Even after an initial bank sale, we provide valuable liquidity to your investors in the secondary market, establishing the pricing integrity for your bonds.
Our Capacity
No matter size, frequency of transaction activity, or unique nature of a financing, our large team and complementary sales force has the capabilities, expertise and access to investors to fulfill the financing objectives of any Issuer in need of raising capital in the municipal securities marketplace.
Our Relationships
We leverage our strong relationships with Regional Insurance companies, Separately Managed Accounts (SMA), Bank Trust Departments, and our unparalleled national Depository Distribution System, among other participating asset classes to reach a wider range of potential clients per issue, regardless of if the client has bought tax-exempt general market municipal bonds along with the distribution to reach Tier II, and IV accounts that have limited coverage by any of our competitors.
Analytics & Insights
We are supported by a municipal credit analytics and economics team that provides valuable insight and advocacy to investors to encourage their participation in your transaction in any market environment. Our Municipal Analytics & Insights, and Economics team, led by Chief Economist, Chris Low, is recognized for its analysis and economic views – important in the more volatile financial markets Issuers engage in today.
Who We Serve
We're committed to making a meaningful impact in local communities. With the right tools and expertise to bring your bond sale to market, we proudly work with a variety of public entities.
Municipalities
Counties
State Agencies
School Districts
Utilities Providers
Higher Education Institutions
Healthcare
Housing
Municipal Project Finance Issuers
Recent Transactions
Demonstrated expertise across a variety of industries
City of Knoxville, Tennessee
City of Knoxville, Tennessee
City of Knoxville, Tennessee
Your Community. Our Commitment.
FHN Financial's Public Finance department was established in 2012 with the goal to make a difference. We are strongly committed to the municipal securities industry and continue to invest in and grow the firm's involvement with issuers across the country.
Our team consists of a Municipal Products Manager, a national Head of Public Finance, approximately 20 public finance banking professionals, and 10 municipal trading and underwriting professionals who are complemented by over 138 active sales representatives focused on selling municipal securities. We are consistently ranked among the top-20 Municipal Underwriters for Competitive and Negotiated Sales Underwritings.
From Healthcare and School Districts, State Agencies to Local Governments, and now, Project Finance, we service a diverse group of sectors that is only expanding. No matter the size of transaction or credit, we have the comprehensive resources and demonstrated expertise to bring your bond sale successfully to the marketplace.
Our Team
Ajay Thomas
Head of Public Finance
Gerard Baker
Head of Competitive Sales Underwriting
Michael Allen
Municipal Products Manager
Ajay Thomas
Head of Public Finance
Gerard Baker
Head of Competitive Sales Underwriting
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