CDFA has released the first publication of the CDFA Charter Schools Financing Initiative series, funded with support from the National Alliance For Public Charter Schools. This paper demonstrates how charter schools can access development finance tools and provides real-world examples of how these tools resources have been successfully implemented across the nation.

During this Thursday's installment of the CDFA-PFM Capital Markets Webinar Series, we will share innovative thinking on how issuers can structure their fees, evaluating the volume and the types of bonds most often used in larger projects, and look at how high-performing development finance agencies assist in financing projects at all levels. Project finance experts and issuers will discuss the viability of how private activity bond deals can fit into complex capital stacks.

The IRS recently released helpful guidance in Revenue Procedure 2020-44 to assist the market's transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and other interbank offered rates (IBORs) to alternative reference rates. LIBOR is set to be phased out after the end of 2021.

The Minnesota Legislature cleared the largest public works infrastructure package in state history, overwhelmingly passing a long-delayed bill authorizing nearly $1.9 billion in public borrowing to pay for roads, wastewater treatment, and a slew of major construction projects.

This article discusses how, just as the then-new technologies of a decade ago transformed disclosure in the municipal bond market, today's current technologies and data sciences portend further transformations. And, just as before, there are those that embrace them—and those that oppose them.

Fitch's Coronavirus Rating Action Tracker For Structured Finance and Covered Bonds monitors all public structured finance and covered bonds rating actions taken after 1 March. The Data tab includes line-by-line data for every transaction / program that was reviewed since the start of the pandemic.

In theory, a WIFIA loan should always be a cheaper alternative than the market equivalent, right? In practice, things are not so straightforward. Instead of simple pro-rata substitution based on lowest rates, muni bonds and a WIFIA loan can be combined synergistically in ways that will further reduce cost and may expand structural options.

Miles & Stockbridge, a leading business law firm with more than 220 lawyers in the mid-Atlantic region, announced that Washington, D.C. Managing Principal John A. Stalfort has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Bond Counsel, which recognizes leading public finance lawyers throughout the United States and promotes high ethics and professionalism in the practice of public finance law.

CDFA-PFM Capital Markets Webinar Series: Pricing Private Activity Bonds in Complex Capital Stacks
October 22, 2020 - 2:00 - 3:30 PM Eastern

Reframe, Build, Plan: Restoring America's Local Food Systems
Thursday, October 29, 2020 - 1:00 PM Eastern

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This is the sixth and final white paper in a series examining the potential creation of a food systems asset class that supports the market growth of local and regional food systems. This paper presents three replicable strategies for restoring local food systems: reframe food systems development as infrastructure and economic development; build effective relationships and partnerships across the entire food system; and plan for strategic food system financing.

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