Academy works with clients seeking capital markets access in the public or private markets across asset classes, including equity, hybrids and debt. Academy delivers highly-tailored financing alternatives and solutions to public companies, privately-held businesses, and investment firms. Whether seeking to fund growth or optimize capital structures, we collaborate with clients to analyze and determine all funding options prior to implementing the optimum strategy. Since the beginning of 2015, Academy Securities has been involved in over 3,200 financing transactions, raising in excess of over $3.3 trillion.
Academy is comprised of experienced capital-markets professionals who over the years have raised billions of dollars in the fixed-income markets for Fortune 1000 companies, public and private companies, private-equity firms, international and emerging-market debt issuers, and sovereign issuers. Our fixed-income team can advise potential debt issuers about pricing, covenants, structure, timing, industry comps, and various aspects of debt issuance and the fixed-income markets.
Academy’s strengths:
- #1 Veteran Owned firm in the Diversity League Tables in 2019 and in 2020
- Academy has underwritten $3.3T in fixed income transactions since inception
- Academy underwrote $586.5 across 256 corporate fixed income transaction in 2020
- Academy has underwritten 276 corporate fixed income transactions and $620.9B YTD 2021
- Longstanding relationships with a broad range of institutional fixed-income buyers and issuers
- Structuring and pricing guidance
- Close working relationships with fixed-income desks throughout financial markets
- Debt-covenant and industry-comparable analysis
- Extensive coverage of middle-market fixed-income accounts
- Broad network of ex-military in Fortune 1000, private equity, and Wall Street
Academy Securities is a leading underwriter spanning across a multitude of fixed income asset classes including corporate securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), asset-backed securities (ABS), agency securities and municipal securities. Recent highlights include:
- Academy is awarded with the #1 ranking in the 2016 and 2017 Global CMBS Lead-and Co-Manager League Tables
- Academy gains counterparty approval from the Government Sponsored Entities (GSEs) expanding access to products and services in the agency debt market
- Academy establishes strategic alliances with issuers of asset-backed debt broadening co-manager roles in the sector
Academy Securities issues and/or underwrites a broad array of debt instruments:
- Fixed and Floating Instruments
- Short-, Medium-, and Long-Term Debt
- Taxable and Tax-Exempt Debt
- Senior, Subordinated, Convertible and Preferred Debt
- Secured and Unsecured Debt