NEW YORK (S&P Global Ratings) July 9, 2020--S&P Global Ratings lowered its ratings on 68 tender-option bond trust receipts issued by FMSbonds Inc.; Mesirow Municipal Funding; Mesirow Financial Inc.; Loop Capital Markets LLC; and Stifel, Nicolaus&Co. Inc., related to various underlying bonds, to 'A+/A-1' and 'A+' from 'AA-/A-1' and 'AA-', respectively, and DB SPEARs/LIFERs Trust's receipts to 'A+/A-2' and 'A+' from 'AA-/A-2' and 'AA-', respectively. (Please see the table.) This rating action follows S&P Global Ratings' lowering of its ratings on the underlying bonds. (For further information, please see the article, titled "Port Authority Of New York&New Jersey Consolidated Bond Rating Lowered To 'A+' From 'AA-' On Depressed Activity Levels," published June 26, 2020, on RatingsDirect.)