What should issuers, underwriters, and advisors know about working with their team of professionals to complete a bond deal during times of crisis? This interview-style discussion featured a round-robin of advisors divulging the capital markets...

During the first installment of the CDFA-PFM Capital Markets Webinar Series, we focused on the market impacts of COVID-19 through the start of June and what can be expected going forward.

During the May 15, 2020 Weekly COVID-19 Development Finance Briefing, three top bond issuers discussed how issuers are faring during the COVID-19 crisis, the state of issuers' portfolios, issuers' concern about default risk, and how issuing...

During the April 17, 2020 Weekly COVID-19 Development Finance Briefing, panelists discussed the latest movements in the capital markets. Speakers included Mike Decker with the Bond Dealers of America, Eric Kazatsky with Bloomberg Intelligence, Tom...

During the April 10, 2020 Weekly COVID-19 Development Finance Briefing, Bruce Katz from Drexel University, Rachel Reilly from the Economic Innovation Group, and Katie Kramer from CDFA examined relief efforts run by local governments, philanthropic...

During this Legislative Briefing, we discussed the latest information about the next stimulus act (Phase 4) from Congress and the urgent actions development finance agencies should take. We examined legislative reactions to the CARES Act, what we...

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast, hear from our experts as they dive into the data, examine the trends, and offer a preview of the bond market in 2020.

The annual CDFA Volume Cap report is an essential outline of national private activity bond issuance trends and is used by issuers, researchers, trade groups, and political offices to understand the private activity bond landscape. During this...

As the bond market changes, bond issuers must work diligently to keep their fee structures up to date. During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, we looked beyond the fee structures and broke down the...

In the second Quarterly Legislative Update of 2019, CDFA's Legislative Team discussed progress on pending CDFA legislation, other pending development finance legislation such as extenders, as well as what to expect from Congress in the coming months.

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Webcast Series, expert speakers from CAI Global, Baltimore Development Corporation, Arlington Economic Development, and VEDP provided an in-depth overview of the approaches being used by cities,...

During this webinar, Bethany Pugh, Managing Director at PFM, Todd Fraizer, Managing Director at PFM, Austin McGuan, Director, Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Matthew Eisel, Managing Director at PFM, and Robert McCarthy, Partner with Bricker & Eckler LLP...

During this webinar, Bethany Pugh, Managing Director with PFM, Robert Novembre, CEO & Founder of Clarity Market Holdings, Lindsey Brannon, Head of Finance at Neighborly, and Gregg Bienstock, CEO & Co-Founder of Lumesis discussed how emerging...

In this first quarter installment of the CDFA Quarterly Legislative Update, CDFA's Legislative Team provides an update on what we can expect from Congress in 2019, an overview of the 2019 CDFA Policy Agenda and a briefing on our recent conversations...

During this webinar, Eric Espino with PFM, Heather Green with the City and County of San Francisco, and Bob Gamble with PFM discussed how cities are addressing the challenges of climate change and the types of bond and financing structures being...

This session discussed the recent amendments and how to prepare. The discussion included insights and reminders about how to remain compliant in all areas from main regulatory bodies for bond financing in the capital markets. Speakers on this...

During this webinar, Daniel Kozloff with PFM, Jeffrey Pearsall with PFM, and Jay Bartlett with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. featured the pros and cons and the questions that remained twelve months into the new tax law.

In this third quarter installment of the Quarterly Legislative Update, CDFA's Legislative Team provided a progress report on pending CDFA legislation, an update on Tax Reform 2.0 and other major Congressional initiatives, and what to expect from...

During this installment of the CDFA//BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, bond finance experts walked listeners through the usage and application of two often overlooked PAB categories: qualified 501(c)(3) and manufacturing bonds.

After a tumultuous end to 2017, the municipal marketplace will experience major changes in 2018. The future of Private Activity Bonds (PABs) is bright, and with discussions of an infrastructure bill swirling, issuers may be in for a very good year....

Bonds are considered the bedrock tool for development finance because of their common use funding traditional projects however they also can be adaptable for new types of projects. In the current day and age sustainability has become a key focus in...

This month's installment of the CDFA//BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, Pete Mathews of CDFA, Leslie Norwood from SIFMA and George Friedlander of Court Street Group Research take a mid-year look at the capital markets, consider the...

In this webinar, our experts discuss Private Activity Bonds and how they can be used to compliment the redevelopment and cleanup of your brownfield project.

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, learn from expert speakers Jordan Dorfman from the EPA, Tyler Old from PFM, John DeLuca from CoBank, and Jong Sook Nee from McManimon, Scotland & Baumann, LLC as...

This month’s CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series featuring John Piemonte from Ehlers, Inc. and Nick Samuels from Moody's includes an outlook for credit ratings and takes a look at the bond market for the upcoming year.

This is part two, Conduit Issuer Responsibilities, of a three-part series for conduit issuers of tax-exempt financing This module focuses on some of the responsibilities conduit issuers have in ensuring, compliance necessary to retain the...

This presentation is part of the IRS's education and outreach efforts. The presentation provides an overview of the responsibilities of conduit issuers of tax-exempt financings. It focuses on the conduit issuer's role with respect to tax-exempt...

This month’s CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series on Capturing the Success of High Performing DFA's featured Tim Fisher of CDFA, Paul Toth of Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, Gary Smith of Chester County Economic Development...

This month’s CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series featured David Misky of the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee, Bill Calderon of Hawes Hill Calderon LLP, and John Stoecker of California Municipal Finance Authority,...

This month's CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast , our expert speakers unlock financing for 501(c)3s to demonstrate the variety and depth of financial tools available to drive development in your community.

During this CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast, hear from muni bond experts as they reflect on 2015 and forecast the rest of 2016.

During this CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast, panelists Matthias Edrich of Kutak Rock and John Vahey of Bond Dealers of America share insight on the new proposal from the IRS affecting Issue Price for tax-exempt bonds.

During this CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast, a briefing of the capital markets is presented by Bob Gamble of Public Financial Management, as we move into the fourth quarter of 2015.

In this CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast, representatives from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP and BLX Group covered hot topics in regulations and enforcement.

During this CDFA New York/New Jersey Webcast endorsed by New York State Economic Development Council, Arthur Cohen with Hawkins Delafield & Wood and Marvin Markus with Goldman, Sachs & Co. discuss the financing of the World Trade Center.

During this CDFA Kentucky Webcast in partnership with the Bluegrass International Fund, CDFA President & CEO Toby Rittner unlocks the development finance toolbox in the Bluegrass State.

During this CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast, speakers Rachel Cortez of Moody's Investor Service, Laura Kuffler-MacDonald of Standard & Poor's, and Richard Raphael of Fitch Ratings go over the role of credit ratings in the bond...

As part of the CDFA Brownfields Technical Assistance Program, this second installment of the Brownfields Financing Webinar Series focuses on disaster recovery assistance and highlights best practice examples, case studies, and brownfield...

The second installment of the Yale CEFF & CDFA Energy Finance Webinar Series focused on innovative state and local programs that successfully catalyzed clean energy. Speakers discussed the role of purchasing power agreements, PACE, and energy...

The finance of sports stadiums is analyzed in this CDFA//BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast, touching on public versus private funds, incentives, and economic impacts on the communities. Panelists include Patrick Rishe of Sportsimpacts, Randall...

The first installment of the Yale CEFF & CDFA Energy Finance Webinar Series focused on the impact that tested development finance tools can have on clean energy investment. Speakers discussed the role leveraged bond financing structures, non-energy...

In the February 2015 CDFA // BNY Mellon Webcast, the allocation of $1.4 billion in New Clean Renewable Energy Bonds was discussed by Doug Lamb of McGuire Woods LLP, John May of Stern Brothers & Co., and Anna Van Degna of Stifel Nicolaus & Company,...

This webcast examines last year’s trends considering volume estimates, rate predictions, and other factors that could influence the municipal bond market in 2015. Speakers include Rena Nakashima from The Bank of New York Mellon, Amy Laskey of Fitch...

This webcast delved into the possible combination of bonds and EB-5 as financing tools for development by panelists Angelique Brunner of EB-5 Capital and Peter Joseph of IIUSA.

Tina Neal of Perseverance Capital Advisors LLC, Jeff Freese of KeyBanc Capital Markets, David Richardson and Anitra Cassas of McGuire Woods LLP, and Rena Nakashima wtih the Bank of New York Mellon explore the MSRB municipal regulations and how they...

This month, the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series hosted an urgent discussion for the development finance industry about the proposed updates in the Modernizing American Manufacturing Bonds Act that was recently introduced, and...

In this installation of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Webcast Series, expert panelists from across the country openly discuss the MCDC Initiative from the viewpoints of both issuers and underwriters.

In this installation of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Webcast Series, Matt Posner of the Municipal Market Advisors leads a discussion of the municipal bond market and current issues.

In this installation of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Webcast Series, Jane Hughes and Caitlin Reimers Brumme both of Social Finance, shared their experience with Social Impact Bonds and Pay For Success Financing.

For this webinar on a new clean energy bond finance model, CE+BFI examines Qualified 501(c)(3) bonds as a mechanism for communities with 501(c)(3) organizations seeking to undertake significant clean energy projects