The San Francisco Airport Commission refunds $110 million in fixed-rate revenue bonds with new variable-rate bonds to lower its overall interest cost.  •  The San Dieguito Union High School District responds to the turbulent auction-rate market by converting $90 million in ARS bonds to fixed-rate securities.  •  De La Rosa & Co. generates $41 million of retail orders to reduce yields and save the L.A. County Metropolitan Transportation Authority significant interest costs on a $25-million Sales Tax Revenue Bond issue.  •  The L.A. Community Redevelopment Agency obtains a strong investment-grade rating on a $12.5-million Taxable Tax-Allocation Bond issue for the Westlake Recovery Project.  •  Despite a tough market, Beverly Hills successfully refunds $31 million in water revenue bonds and $17 million in wastewater revenue bonds for economic savings.  •  The Gridley Redevelopment Agency clears various hurdles caused by tightening credit in the municipal market to successfully execute its first tax-allocation bond financing.  •  Riverside issues unenhanced Bond Anticipation Notes to mute the effects of the collapse of auction-rate securities and prudently control interest costs.  •  The Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District restructures $50 million in auction rate securities with better performing, direct pay variable-rate bonds backed by letters of credit.  • 
 

Nils Barrett
Senior Vice President, Institutional Sales
Los Angeles Office
Tel: (310) 207-3616
nbarrett@ejdelarosa.com
Nils Barrett joined De La Rosa & Co. in September 2008, bringing with him more than 17 years of sales and trading experience in municipal finance. Barrett works on the Sales and Trading Desk in Los Angeles, where he specializes in institutional fixed-income sales to a variety of investors, including mutual funds, insurance companies, commercial banks, money managers and individuals.

Prior to joining De La Rosa, Barrett covered institutional fixed-income sales on the West Coast and covered institutional accounts nationwide for A.G. Edwards & Sons, where he played an essential role in establishing a West Coast municipal trading desk. He also managed the trading and sales desk for nearly ten years at Oppenheimer & Co., where he was responsible for trading all municipal debt and maintaining an inventory for high net-worth retail distribution and institutional sales on the West Coast.

Barrett received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Pepperdine University in 1990. He is registered with the NASD and holds Series 6, 7 and 63 licenses. His personal interests include golfing, skiing and winemaking.
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