Green bonds

Through BondLink’s new ESG solution, the system provides investors with updates on an ongoing basis — not just at the time of sale — about the projects selected, their progress and any potential impacts.

ESG investing has grown complex enough that it’s time we recognize what strategy or product is best suited for a given situation.

A mostly tax-exempt deal will let the District Department of Transportation to put energy efficient LEDs in its 75,000 streetlights.

Municipals have taken a hit in the first months of 2022, but higher yield levels and cheaper ratios have offered possibilities for both retail and institutional buyers, analysts say.

The $600 million deal is the authority's first 100% green transaction and it is also the first ever with bonds backed solely by revenue earned from specific transmission projects instead of the authority's general credit.

Green bond issuance may offer no pricing benefit to issuers, but observers have noticed that the process of issuing a green bond often leads to an expanded investor base.

Market participants are wary that regulators may muddle ESG risk disclosure guidance with guidance regarding labeled bonds.

The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s request for information on environmental social and governance factors is beginning to collect responses from issuers and practitioners alike, revealing some of the market’s initial priorities.

Building on the success of its Green Liberty Bonds, a subsidiary of the Connecticut Green Bank will allow mom and pop investors to place orders for as little as $100 for Green Liberty Notes until Friday.

The competitive tax-exempt Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District deal is climate bond certified by Kestrel Verifiers.

The index, which tracks over 2,800 securities, went live Wednesday. While ESG investment considerations have grown around the globe, the muni market is at the beginning stages and there is no universally accepted definition of ESG.

Spreads have been widening, but secondary trading was on the light side and triple-A benchmarks were cut by only a basis point in spots even as U.S. Treasury yields once again rose on the 10- and 30-year.

Seventy-seven percent of respondents to a Bond Buyer survey said there should be universal ESG standards and just over half said ESG is “critical” or “very important." Consensus on how to and who should create such a language is less clear.

While a majority of the industry says ESG matters, a consensus on how to define it for this 50,000-issuer, $4-trillion marketplace is still uncertain.

Public finance bankers predicted that 2022 could be another strong one for muni bond issuance at the Bond Buyer's California Public Finance conference.

Friday’s data suggested inflation remains a problem, as the voices calling for Federal Reserve action increase.

The finance team expects the mixed taxable and tax-exempt deal will attract ESG-minded investors.

The school will sell $600 million of bonds that a third party verifier said meet green standards.

The university heads into the market this week with a mix of tax-exempt, taxable, new money sustainability and refunding bonds

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