ESG
ESG
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Changing federal policies toward hurricane aid may change these events' credit impacts.
July 1 -
Siebert's Suzanne Shank and Bill Thompson have joined with NBA veteran player Chris Webber in a new program launched by New York State to fund the growth of the cannabis industry that eliminates barriers for equitable participation.
July 1 -
The state has led the way on environmental policies and spent billions on housing, but significant challenges mean its ESG scores aren't that great.
June 30 -
State Treasurer Riley Moore is among of a group of GOP state officials challenging ESG efforts he calls “coercive capitalism.”
June 29 -
Disclosure around ESG-related risk factors to credit as well as for ESG-labeled bonds remains a mixed landscape that reflects the heterogenous nature of the muni market itself.
June 28 -
From disclosure to issuance labels, the Chicago finance team is shaping ESG practices that are top of mind for municipal market.
June 28 -
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The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s visiting scholar Lourdes Germán will use the board’s data to help research ESG trends in public finance, including the impact of ESG on the secondary market.
June 27 -
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After a deal fell apart last year amid controversy over private prisons, the state returns with new underwriters and a traditional municipal finance structure.
June 22 -
Dave Erdman has become one of the top issuer voices in the public finance community. As he heads off this summer into the private sector, Erdman reflects on his time on the GFOA's influential debt committee. Caitlin Devitt hosts. (14 minutes)
June 21 -
The laws raise borrowing costs for issuers and limit the distribution networks, according to a study.
June 17 -
Bridger Aerospace plans to sell $160 million in unrated taxable revenue bonds, with a verified sustainability designation, through conduit Gallatin County.
June 9 -
NOAA predicts six to 10 hurricanes and expects that between three and six of those will be classified as major storms in categories three to five.
June 8 -
As summer beckons, it's time for a reporters' roundtable with some of the Bond Buyer's senior staff. Yvette Shields, Karen Pierog, Keeley Webster and Thomas Nocera talk with Chip Barnett about what's hot in their regions and what municipal bond market participants should expect to see in the months ahead. (25 minutes)
June 7 -
The MSRB addressed its controversial request for information during the Government Finance Officers Association’s first live conference in two years.
June 6 -
A decades-old policy position on taxable debt and recommendations for issuance of variable-rate debt were among the issues taken up by the GFOA's debt committee.
June 6 -
The Securities and Exchange Commission has come forward with a proposal that would expand the Names Rule to include any language associated with ESG related metrics.
May 26 -
"It is a disturbing trend that elected officials are using their powers to punish companies and municipal governments (and individuals) based on their social views," says Natalie Cohen, founder of The Public Purse.
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