Innovation

The Bond Buyer's Deal of the Year awards will mark the 23rd year it has recognized outstanding achievement in municipal finance. The event, to be held Dec. 3 in New York City, will also include the presentation of the Freda Johnson Awards for Trailblazing Women in Public Finance.

The evolution of environmental, social and governance investment has been rapid in the muni market. Early adapters discuss its implications.

Yan Zhao, President of NYDIG as she exploreshow Bitcoin is experiencing wider adoption in the traditional finance world, and why that is.

The ICE risQ social impact scores will let municipal bond investors compare which communities will be socially impacted the most by their investments.

Dozens of digital tools are billed as democratizing finance. But a number of entrepreneurs still see massive gaps.

What are the most exciting trends in financial technology today, and which startups are poised to win?

Juliet Weissman of New York City's Cornell Tech campus discusses the role of higher education and partnerships in luring startups and their workforces.

The $1,000 denomination Liberty Bond deal aimed to lure socially conscious, retail investors to broaden its investor base.

The $141 million deal from Equitable School Revolving Fund and being run by RBC Capital Markets consists of national charter school revolving loan fund revenue bonds.

The firm’s goal is to help clients manage their own trading allocations and incorporate BondNav into their existing operational workflows.

New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli credits a data-driven platform with salvaging billions in revenue.

Illinois freed up $500 million in capital funding for a University of Illinois research center that will anchor the development.

Ipreo Muni for institutional investors enhances digital workflow by increasing efficiency in the municipal space, providing a centralized hub of real-time pricing, analytics and issue-specific updates.

It's time to fix municipal market infrastructure.

On Nov. 7th, 2019, we had a great discussion on how the municipal regulatory landscape has changed over the past 10 years and what to expect in the future.

Taxable municipal issuance leapt to record levels in 2019, but its exponential surge in the past three months may signal an even larger boom on the horizon.

This is the second collaboration for BondLink after earlier this year it partnered with Fidelity to focus on retail.

Bob Bennett, former chief innovative officer for Kansas City, Mo., talks about his new firm and tech trends. Paul Burton hosts from the Smart Cities NYC conference.

Market participants have a lot of issues to cover this week at the Smart Cities annual conference — climate change and resiliency, AI, cybersecurity and more.