Green bonds

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.

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).

Gov. Gina Raimondo and top lawmakers want a clearer picture from Washington over coronavirus relief aid.

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)

The fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in municipal green bonds from issuers including states, cities, municipal water and sewer enterprises, transportation systems, universities, and hospitals, and others.

The $16 million, small-denomination offering, to finance projects with climate and environmental benefits. is modeled after World War II Series E bonds.

Oregon's $320.4 million of taxable GO bonds were 7.7 times oversubscribed in some maturities.