Public Finance Leaders Embrace Innovation While Capacity Constraints Persist, 2026 HilltopSecurities Survey Finds
Business Wire•07/10/2026•08:00 ET
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Key Highlights
- ➤50% of public finance leaders use AI daily or weekly
- ➤Labor/Staffing and Budget/Pension remain top challenges for third consecutive year
- ➤Water and Wastewater systems narrowly lead debt-issuance priorities
- ➤Nearly four in five respondents express concern about energy costs
- ➤Nearly half of respondents have no position on data center development
Expert Statements
Brad Winges, President and CEO of HilltopSecurities
“As we celebrate 80 years of serving our customers and communities, HilltopSecurities continues to focus on bringing municipal market participants essential insight and analysis of the issues affecting our industry.”
Brad Winges, President and CEO of HilltopSecurities
“Now in its third year, our annual Public Finance Leaders Survey highlights and explains these important topics as identified by leaders across the public sector.”
Public Finance Leaders Embrace Innovation While Capacity Constraints Persist, 2026 HilltopSecurities Survey Finds
Hilltop Securities Inc. (HilltopSecurities) has released the results of its third annual Public Finance Leaders Survey, which indicate that public entities have entered a period of accelerating technological change while many of government’s traditional constraints remain firmly in place. The complete survey results are available here .
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