Background

Founded in late 2001, PFA is an independent financial advisory firm headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. PFA is owned and managed by its employees. PFA was formed to assist local governments, other public entities and non-profits with their financial planning, capital management, and debt structuring functions and to meet the needs of our clients in an independent, non-underwriting environment. PFA has experience in the planning, structuring, and managing of tax-exempt and taxable financings for public issuers of all kinds. PFA knows that state and local governments are challenged to manage their finances in a comprehensive manner that involves both the asset and liability sides of their balance sheet. We believe that clients benefit most from unified planning and coordinated management of assets and liabilities. For that reason, PFA not only manages debt transactions, but we seek a full understanding of our clients’ overall financial situation in order to develop extensive financial strategies and transaction design as well as implementation plans. It is our mission to ensure that state and local governments, as well as other issuers of public debt, can raise much needed capital in the most efficient way possible as to be good stewards of the public’s money.

Public FA, Inc. is one of the leading regional financial advisory firms in the Southeast and the country and has client relationships in 34 states. According to Thomson Reuters, PFA has consistently ranked among the top Financial Advisors in Alabama since its formation, including being ranked #1 in Alabama for 2007, #9 nationally for competitive issues, #11 in the Southeast for all issues and #34 in the nation for all issues. Nationally, PFA has ranked among the top Financial Advisors for housing related transactions. Since 2001, PFA has advised on more than 150 issues totaling over $5.7 billion.