Municipal disclosure

The agreement to end the lawsuit over the sale of securities for a failed nuclear reactor project still must be approved by the court.

This would be the Government Finance Officers Association's first best practice document on ESG.

One must be mindful of and pay close attention to obligor filings, credit spreads and, of course, rating actions whatever chair you sit in.

Ken Lind, leader of Nixon Peabody's project finance and public finance group, breaks it down by sectors and financing instruments. He also examines virus-related SEC disclosure guidance plus the planned phaseout of Libor. Paul Burton hosts. (38 minutes). Recorded Dec. 2.

The SEC's Rebecca Olsen said in 2021, the regulator plans to explore ways to get more comment on financial disclosure recommendations.

Record new issuance in 2020 in the face of dealing with shutdowns, diminishing tax revenues and political unrest shows how resilient the industry is.

Many issuers in California specifically do not mention climate change in their official statements.

Groups said regulation would not be helpful in encouraging more disclosure.

Bryant Miller Olive PA has practiced public finance and governmental law across the Sunshine State and the Southeast for five decades.

Analysts say closer to 100% of issuers should be disclosing COVID-19 impacts, when in actuality, that number is much lower.