ESG
ESG
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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)
November 19 -
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.
November 6 -
Virus effects have battered New York City’s economy and by extension, the city’s budget and credit standing.
October 30 -
The election results will be the most important effect on the municipal market for the next six months, S&P Live Market Survey says.
October 28 -
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.
October 26 -
Ratings agencies, banks and asset managers are formulating strategies to address ESG as investors clamor for information.
October 23 -
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.
October 20 -
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.
October 15 -
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.
October 1 -
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.
September 28 -
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)
September 24 -
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).
September 23 -
Treasurer Deborah Goldberg and the commonwealth's Pension Reserves Investment Management board look to improve measurement of environmental, social and governance data.
September 14 -
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)
September 3 -
Ashton Goodfield, head of municipal bonds at DWS Group, talks with Chip Barnett about how the municipal bond market has been coping with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and what's in store for the rest of the year. (22 minutes)
August 27 -
Municipals were steady to weaker, with yields up by as much as three basis points on the long end Thursday.
August 20 -
Anu Rames of BNP Paribas Asset Management talks with Chip Barnett about “digital inequality" and the financing mechanisms available to investors to help close this "have and have not" gap in a post-pandemic world. (14 minutes)
August 20 -
Investing in 'social' bonds is becoming more commonplace in municipals. Anand Kesavan, CEO of Equitable Facilities Fund, talks about its drive to help charter schools' funding, and its social, racial and equitable diversity of investments. Lynne Funk, Bond Buyer Innovation Editor hosts. (24 min)
August 13 -
Municipal bonds were little changed as the first half of a tumultuous year comes to a close.
June 30 -
Municipals finished little changed as a deluge of taxable deals get ready to hit the market.
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