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Saber Partners, LLC is a full-service financial advisory firm for corporate and public sector entities which specializes in the power industry and corporate and municipal finance issues.

Our senior management and advisors have decades of experience crafting creative solutions for clients. We pride ourselves on our independence and reputation for innovation, integrity and excellence.

From advising the SEC on the auction securities market, to uncovering the disparity in lending practices for municipal versus investor-owned utilities, to developing innovative low-cost financing for utility infrastructure and environmental projects through securitization, Saber Partners is at the forefront for increased transparency, efficiency and fairness in the market.

Saber Partners provides confidential, independent, senior level analysis, advice and execution for Chief Executive Officers, Regulators, Elected Officials, Chief Financial Officers, Treasurers and others.

These services include:
  • Advice on capital market proposals, financing structures and offering strategies
  • Negotiation of terms and conditions with underwriters, lenders and institutional investors
  • Analysis of the actions of a competitor, regulated entity or an industry segment
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Auction Rate Securities ("ARS")
Problems and Solutions


Utility Finance, Securitization, ROC Bonds: Lowering the Cost of Capital for Utilities and the Cost of Power for Consumers





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Denver Pays Wall Street $216 Million as Swaps Fail: Muni Credit
Bloomberg News, May 10, 2013
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Ex-Jefferies Arrest Shows Market Lacking Transparency: Mortgages
Bloomberg News, January 31, 2013
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Auction-Rate Costing Local Taxpayers $9.6 Billion: Muni Credit
Bloomberg News, December 13, 2012
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Clean Up: Financing the Retirement and Remediation of Coal-fired Power Plants
Structured Finance News, December, 2012
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MSRB to Change ARS Data As Urged by Advisor
The Bond Buyer, November 28, 2012
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Municipal-Bond Regulator to Change Auction Rate Securities Data
Bloomberg News, November 28, 2012
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Saber Partners, LLC Calls for Municipal Market Regulator to Correct Auction Security Market Disclosure on its Web Site
November 27, 2012
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Transparency Left Gray in FINRA Mortgage Trading
October 25, 2012
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Real-Time Market Pricing Transparency Coming to Entire Mortgage and Asset-Backed Securities Market
October 19, 2012
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Analysis: After House Bill, Some Fear Holes in Muni Protections
October 19, 2012
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Take Your Board's "Game" To a Higher Level : Why Peer-to-Peer Evaluations Are an Important Component of the Board Evaluation Process
June 2012
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Media and Public Policy Lecture Series : CEO Of Corporation For Public Broadcasting, Patricia de Stacy Harrison and Joseph Fichera, CEO Saber Partners
April 11, 2012
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The Peril of Financial Dark Arts: How the West Got Lost Emulating Secretive Swiss Universal Banking With Editor-In-Chief Of Bloomberg News, Matt Winkler and Joseph Fichera, CEO Saber Partners
April 3, 2012
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Pricing Issues For Utility ABS
Asset Securitization Report, April 2012
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American Electric Borrows $800 Million to Recover Stranded Costs
Bloomberg News, March 13, 2012
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Consumer Rates Climb After Deregulation Goldman Sachs Funded
Bloomberg News, February 23, 2012
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FINRA Orders Morgan Keegan to Pay Investor for ARS
The Bond Buyer, February 22, 2012
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Investor Wins: Broker-Dealer Arbitration Panel Finds Morgan Keegan Liable for Damages from Auction Rate Securities Sale
Saber Partners, February 20, 2012
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Gretchen Morgensen, The New York Times and Joseph Fichera, CEO Saber Partners Lead Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School Lecture : "Three Years After The Meltdown Where Do We Stand"
Woodrow Wilson School, December 15, 2011
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Senate Panel Rewrites Electric Securitization Bill, To Consider Additional Changes
Gongwer Report, November 30, 2011
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To Establish Standards for the Securitization of Costs for Electric Distribution Utilities
Hannah Report, November 30, 2011
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Governments Using Swaps Emulate Subprime Victims of Wall Street
Bloomberg News, November 14, 2011
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As Italian Drama Persists, Fears of Credit Crunch Spread to Small Businesses
Daily Finance, November 10, 2011
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Market Rejuvenation = National Municipal Bond Exchange
The Muni IIC Newsletter, September 30, 2011
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Utility-Fee Deal Studied in Kentucky
Asset Backed Alert, September 23, 2011
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How Low Can Interest Rates Go? Bernanke Says: Let's Twist
Daily Finance, September 21, 2011
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Alabama County Nears $3.14 Billion Settlement, Avoids Historic Muni Bankruptcy
Daily Finance, September 16, 2011
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SEC Sues Brokerage For Fraud in Wisconsin School District Deals -- Two Years Late
The Huffington Post, August 11, 2011
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SEC, SIFMA Face Off: U.S. Appeals Court Weighs ARS Case
The Bond Buyer, July 21, 2011
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July 4, 2012
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