Jefferies, Truist Surge on Competitive Muni Deals Amid Expansion

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. and Truist Financial Corp. are winning a larger number of muni bond sales up for auction this year, the latest evidence of the shake up in the market after large banks like Citigroup Inc. pulled back.

So far this year, Jefferies was third among competitive managers, up from twelfth three years ago, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Truist has jumped to seventh after winning more than three dozen deals this year.

In competitive auctions, state and local governments sell their bonds to the lowest bidder. That’s in contrast to so-called negotiated transactions where a manager ...