The $125 million deal from the Colorado Housing Finance Authority carries a third-party social bond opinion from Kestrel Verifiers.

This was the inaugural issuance under the “No Place Like Home” program, the first large municipal bond program created to invest in homeless housing infrastructure and secured directly by taxes on high-income residents.

California overcame a legal challenge to use bond authority to provide housing for homeless people suffering from mental illness.

The Bond Buyer chose the Ford Foundation’s $1 billion sale of taxable social bonds as the Deal of the Year winner in the Environmental, Social and Governance/Green financing category.

Ma says the group is committed to developing a more inclusive economy and society

It is unclear how or if the merger will affect IHS Markit's current work in the municipal space, but the firm had already been expanding its reach on a global scale.

Sarah Mitchell, CFA and a portfolio manager at Mondrian Investment Partners, talks with Chip Barnett about one of the hottest sectors in the municipal bond market today – green bonds – and the possibility of the U.S. government issuing a sovereign green bond. (20 minutes)

As the week drew to a close, municipal bond market participants looked ahead to a smaller-than-usual supply slate dominated by revenue bond deals.

Virus effects have battered New York City’s economy and by extension, the city’s budget and credit standing.

The election results will be the most important effect on the municipal market for the next six months, S&P Live Market Survey says.

The issuer hopes to expand its investor base to lure European investors with the move and will explore conducting non-deal road shows to highlight its green and ESG efforts in the municipal market.

Ratings agencies, banks and asset managers are formulating strategies to address ESG as investors clamor for information.

The increasing focus on ESG and innovation in the municipal market continues to grow as investors and issuers navigate a changing global market for state and local government debt amid COVID-19.

Innovation is key in today's dynamic market. Suni Harford, president, asset management at UBS walks us through two significant innovations she drove in the asset management industry this year — including a ground-breaking approach to climate change and sustainable investing.

Over the last four years, Moody’s and S&P Global have both acquired climate data analysis firms in an effort to provide more depth to the environmental portion of the ESG ratings.

Build America Mutual has extended its GreenStar program to include non-insured deals as well as also being placed on the Nasdaq Sustainable Bond Network.

Breckinridge Capital Advisors’ Rob Fernandez, Director of ESG Research, and Andrew Teras, Senior Vice President, talk about how climate change can impact the municipal bond market as the country faces increased risks from coastal flooding, wildfires and drought. Chip Barnett hosts (24 minutes)

Ann-Charlotte Eliason, head of Nasdaq's Sustainable Bond Network, and Emily Robare, who leads ESG credit analysis for Gurtin, a PIMCO company, talk the current state and future of ESG, social, green and impact investing in munis through the lens of both domestic and international investors. Lynne Funk hosts. (38 minutes).

Treasurer Deborah Goldberg and the commonwealth's Pension Reserves Investment Management board look to improve measurement of environmental, social and governance data.

Nick Bucklin, vice president and portfolio manager at Franklin Templeton, talks with Chip Barnett about ESG investing and why municipal green bonds are an important component of an investor’s portfolio. (19 minutes)