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Search Results: Bond Finance
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CDFA // BNY Development Finance Webcast Series: Bond Market 2025 Forecast
During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists identify trends shaping national bond markets and explore the economic opportunities for local projects.
CDFA // BNY Development Finance Webcast Series: Exploring Common Bond Reserve Funds
During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Development Finance Webcast Series, local practitioners present their Common Bond Reserve Fund program models to demonstrate the potential of this innovative pathway for increasing access to capital.
CDFA // BNY Development Finance Webcast Series: Bond Financing for Manufacturers & Non-Profits
 During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists tap into the core principles of tax-exempt financing for manufacturers and 501(c)(3) organizations, covering key aspects such as eligible issuers, assets, and...
Public Finance Leaders Brace for Trump TransitionMembers only Login
The consequences of the election have public finance leaders making plans for addressing key issues vital to the municipal bond market. "The most oblivious and pressing issue is preserving and protecting all tax-exempt bonds during any attempt at...
CDFA // BNY Development Finance Webcast Series: Bond Rating Roundtable
During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Development Finance Webcast Series, speakers from various credit rating agencies discuss their rating criteria and methodology. The discussion also encompass factors influencing bond ratings, along with...
CDFA Letter - Permanent Disaster Recovery Bonds - October 2024
Document for CDFA members to support the introduction and passage of legislation to make Disaster Recovery Bonds a permanent category of private activity bonds.
CDFA: Bipartisan Plan Would Support Manufacturers, First-Time Farmers
As the nation prepares to celebrate Manufacturing Day and National Farmer’s Day, CDFA is again urging federal policymakers to pass the Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds Act (MAMBA), which would enact bond financing reform for...
CDFA // BNY Development Finance Webcast Series: Exploring New IIJA Bond Categories
During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists provide an overview of these two new categories and illustrate how they might be better utilized in communities across the country.
CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series: Financing Charter Schools with Social Bonds
During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists discuss how social bonds can be used to provide low-interest loans to high-performing public charter schools to provide transformative educational opportunities...
CDFA // BNY Development Finance Webcast Series: Navigating ESG in the Bond Market
During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists discuss ESG principles, how they have impacted the bond market, what role they play in the larger financial market, and where they see those impacts continuing...
CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series: Impacts of Inflation on Bond Yields, Arbitrage, and Rates
During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists walk through the impact of rate hikes on yield and arbitrage and share best practices for managing these impacts.
CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series: AI & Bonds
During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists unravel the multifaceted dimensions of AI's role in the municipal market, potential advantages and challenges that arise from embracing AI, and its...
CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series: Why Bond Deals Go Bad
During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists explore factors that contributed to the challenges these high-profile deals encountered and discuss best practices for development finance practitioners...
IRS Guidewire N-24-32: Qualified Student Loan and Qualified Mortgage BondsMembers only Login
This notice provides guidance for qualified student loan bonds to clarify certain requirements for tax-exempt bond financing for loan programs of general application approved by a State under § 144(b)(1)(B) (State Supplemental Loan programs). ...
CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series: The Re-emergence of Bond Banks
During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists discuss the importance of bond banks, explore their roles, and focus on how they help communities move forward.
CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series: Exploring Bonds as the Foundational Financing Tool
During this installment of the CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series, speakers explore the potential for leveraging this foundational financing tool to cultivate resilient and thriving local and regional food systems.
CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series: Economic Development & Bond Finance
During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists share how communities can use bonds in conjunction with tax increment financing, federal legislative programs, and other development financing tools for...
U.S. SBA Small Business Size Standards Rule on Inflation AdjustmentMembers only Login
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) adopted the alternative size standard for its 7(a) Business and Certified Development Company (CDC/504) Loan Programs (collectively “Business Loan Programs”) and the statutory limits for contract size...
CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series: Bond Market 2024 Forecast
During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, panelists identify trends shaping national bond markets and discuss the economic opportunities to expect for local projects.
Tax-Exempt Bond Financing for Middle-Income HousingMembers only Login
As housing costs have risen in the first part of the 21st century, American households have struggled to compete for high-quality housing near areas of employment. Many individuals and families in these areas do not earn enough to afford market-rate...
Credit Worth and Soil Wealth: An Environmental, Social, and Governance Analysis of the Farm Credit SystemMembers only Login
Croatan Institute and Self-Help announce the release of a major new collaborative report that explores leading challenges faced by the Farm Credit System – the largest lender in the agricultural sector. This new report documents leading...
DevelopOhio Economic Incentives Toolkit - An Effective Economic Development Toolkit for Growth and Job Creation
This guide from Bricker Graydon outlines the array of tools with which Ohio economic development practitioners can intervene to stimulate or induce development to occur — or occur sooner than market forces sometimes allow — in their communities....
First Half of 2023: Ohio Industrial Project Surge 
Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority stated that despite stubborn inflation and labor shortages, development continues at a steady pace throughout central Ohio. Deals they closed will help finance a variety of infrastructure projects, and they...
2023 Rural Development Finance Toolkit
The purpose of this toolkit is to provide an overview of the tools in the development finance toolbox -- such as bonds, tax increment finance, tax credits, and revolving loan funds -- and how they can direct and attract capital to rural businesses...
CDFA's Bipartisan Modernizing and Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds Act Introduced in U.S. Senate
The Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA) is pleased to announce that Senators Brown (D-OH) and Ernst (R-IA) have introduced the Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds Act (MAMBA) in the U.S. Senate as S. 2723. MAMBA would...
CDFA's Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds Act Introduced in U.S. House of Representatives
CDFA's Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds Act was introduced as H.R. 3787 in the U.S. House of Representatives with bipartisan support by Rep. LaHood (R-IL), Kildee (D-MI), Feenstra (R-IA), and Evans (D-PA).
Mad CapitalMembers only Login
The most flexible, transparent, and customized financing built exclusively for organic, regenerative, and transitioning farmers.
Your Guide to FSA Farm LoansMembers only Login
This guide was written for people who need assistance starting, expanding, or owning a farm or ranch. This guide will help you identify concerns and questions you may have before you start the loan process.
2023 CDFA Policy Proposal - Disaster Recovery Bonds
The CDFA Disaster Recovery Bonds Policy Proposal outlines the CDFA national legislative proposal for a special, permanent category of Disaster Recovery Bonds.
CDFA Food Systems Finance Best Practices Guidebook
Linking development finance and food systems can be a daunting undertaking for any community. Research on the current ecosystem of food systems finance has positioned CDFA to identify key strategies for the path ahead in this work. The Food Systems...
Investing in Regenerative Agriculture Infrastructure Across Value ChainsMembers only Login
Regenerative farms rely on small-to-mid scale, aligned infrastructure to process, transport, and market their products. These middle infrastructure businesses help to improve farm income and bolster regional food economies while providing...
Cannabis Based Municipal Bonds: Maximizing Value in the Nation’s Fastest Growing IndustryMembers only Login
This white paper examines: CMB Basics, CMBs in a theoretical historical context, a theoretical example of CMBs in Colorado, a second example of how CMBs could work in Minnesota, CMB legal considerations, CMBs and COVID-19, best markets for CMBs, and...
Community Development Finance Letter for Pillar II
More than two dozen advocates for low-income housing and community investment are sounding the alarm over the global tax deal agreed to by the U.S. and dozens of other countries. The advocates specifically are worried about proposed rules for a...
Hawkins Advisory: Federal Legislation Moves SOFR CloserMembers only Login
Long-awaited federal legislation addressing the phase-out of United States market reliance upon the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”)1 as a reference rate was signed into law. With less than 16 months remaining before the expected end of USD...
Private Activity Bonds: An IntroductionMembers only Login
This report provides a brief review of bond fundamentals and a more detailed examination of the rules and definitions surrounding private activity bonds to help clarify the impact of proposed modifications.
Financial Innovations to Accelerate Sustainable Agriculture: Blueprints for the Value ChainMembers only Login
The purpose of the report is to equip value chain actors with innovative financial mechanisms and incentive strategies that can be employed in agricultural sustainability projects to support producers in scaling conservation adoption.
CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series: Forecasting the Bond Market’s Response to Federal Infrastructure Investments
During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, we explored economic insights for 2022, including the impacts of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, the state of the bond market, and an outlook on economic...
Tax-Exempt Bond Provisions Included in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs ActMembers only Login
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (the “Act”) adds two categories of tax-exempt bonds that may be issued for exempt facilities and increases the amount of tax-exempt bonds authorized to be issued for one existing category of tax-exempt...
IRS Revenue Procedure 2021-45: Calendar Year 2022 Housing Credit and Bond Volume Caps
IRS Revenue Procedure 2021-45 sets out the calendar year 2022 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Bond Volume Caps.
CDFA 2019-2020 Annual Volume Cap Report: An Analysis of Private Activity Bond & Volume Cap Trends
The CDFA Annual Volume Cap Report provides an overview of volume cap trends and how private activity bonds (PABs) were used from state to state. The 2019-2020 Annual Volume Cap Report is the most comprehensive analysis of PAB volume cap trends and...
State Housing Finance Agency Digital History Book - NCSHA
For 50 years, the nation’s state housing finance agencies (HFAs) and their partners have convened at the annual conference of the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA). In 2021, NCSHA marks a half-century of state HFA collaboration,...
Resilient New Orleans Finance PlanMembers only Login
This framework for green infrastructure can help the City of New Orleans take a quantum leap forward by inspiring innovation and proactively using public funding to stimulate private investment. The Resilient New Orleans Finance Plan will serve as...
Analyzing the Impact of Lowering the 50% Test for 4% Tax-Exempt Bond Financed PropertiesMembers only Login
Novogradac conducted an analysis of the private activity bond (PAB) financed by test for low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs). The analysis determined that lowering the financed by test for PAB test from the current law threshold of 50 percent to...
GASB Fact Sheet: Disclosure Framework (September 2021)Members only Login
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) published a Fact Sheet about its proposed Concepts Statement on notes to financial statements. The public comment period for the Revised Exposure Draft ends October 15, 2021.
Legislative Briefing - September 22, 2021
CDFA hosted this Legislative Briefing on September 22, 2021 to provide updates on the status of the infrastructure bill and next steps.
CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series: Layering the Capital Stack
This webinar discussed how Bonds, Tax Increment Finance, Tax Credits as well as the litany of federal funding through recent legislation can work for your project and ultimately the community that is benefitting.
California 2020 Report on Allocation of Qualified Private Activity BondsMembers only Login
This report from the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee (CDLAC) analyzes the allocation of the state’s annual debt ceiling in 2020 and allocation of private activity bonds. Until recently, the state's debt ceiling wasn’t reached. In 2020,...
STAR Bonds Financing Program - August 2021 Evaluation and AuditMembers only Login
This report evaluates Kansas' STAR bonds financing program’s economic and fiscal impact by answering two questions: 1) Do current STAR bond attractions satisfy the Department of Commerce’s tourism-related goals; and 2) How long will it take the...
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