NEW YORK (S&P Global Ratings) Jan. 17, 2025--S&P Global Ratings lowered its long-term rating on 13 tender-option bond trust receipts issued by Loop Capital Markets LLC; Barclays Capital Inc.; FMSbonds Inc.; and Mesirow Financial Inc. tender-option bond trust floater, residual, and custodial receipts, related to various Chicago bonds, to 'A+/A-1', 'A+', and 'A+' from 'AA-/A-1', 'AA-', and 'AA-', respectively and removed the ratings from CreditWatch with negative implications where S&P Global Ratings placed them on Nov. 27, 2024 (see table). This rating action follows S&P Global Ratings' lowering its ratings on the underlying bonds. (For further information, see "Chicago GO Debt Rating Lowered To 'BBB' As The 2025 Budget Fails To Address Persistent Structural Imbalance," published Jan. 14, 2025, on