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.

Experts discuss the latest ways firms are defining their value propositions and evolving their customer communications, experience and support.

Over the past year, Lumesis has expanded the capabilities of its DIVER suite of muni-focused business and regulatory solutions.

The change to the final indexes is expected to expand each fund's investing universe, the firms said.

Intercontinental Exchange has acquired climate-change technology data providers risQ and Level 11 to further its alternative data capabilities.

ICE expanded its ESG reference data coverage to now include two million fixed-income instruments.

The popularity of cryptocurrency may drive investment by public pension funds.

Gov. Kathy Hochul's thrusts include the MTA Open Data Act; state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli launched a federal COVID-19 funding tracker.

The firm added Lynn Martin, president of Fixed Income & Data Services at Intercontinental Exchange, Inc., and Joe Geraci, partner at Old Orchard Capital and former Citi executive.

States so far have taken the lead in mileage-based user fee programs, which would now be taken up on the federal level for the first time.

Geoffrey Buswick and Todd Kanaster of S&P Global Ratings, talk with Chip Barnett about all things cryptocurrency. They look at why municipalities are getting into blockchain technology and crypto. What are the risks and rewards?

Municipal bonds are just contracts between issuers and investors, why not make them smart contracts?

A huge investment in technology dominates the MSRB's budget.

In the last decade Omid was involved in cyber security issues.

The deal enhances the data, analytics and execution services the firms provide for municipal bonds and other fixed income securities, they said.

Trades on alternative trading system platforms are smaller and more likely to involve securities with complex features, according to a new MSRB report.

Cyber criminals threaten the safety of patients and the financial health of hospitals. The life-and-death stakes underscore the importance of online security.

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

The firm has brought on Kalotay Analytics' quantitative libraries to calculate certain metrics, including average life dates and cash-flow yields for taxable term bonds.

Experts explore the tangible and intangible costs of cyber breaches and potential risk mitigation strategies.