Judge permanently prohibits enforcement of Oklahoma's anti-ESG law
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An Oklahoma judge on Friday issued a permanent injunction against the enforcement of a 2022 state law that led to four investment banks being banned from underwriting municipal bonds and the targeting of other financial firms for divestment purposes.
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From politics to disclosure to funding, the changing climate challenges muni issuers. Learn more in our?Climate Spotlight 2024?package.
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State and municipal retirements system are on track this year to outperform their investment targets from last year and push up the funded ratio, according to Equable, a non-profit that works with public retirement system stakeholders to solve pension funding challenges.
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The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York sold $1.2 billion of revenue bonds last week to good demand, with spreads coming in tighter compared to a DASNY negotiated deal that priced last year.
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Watch what the municipal bond industry’s innovators and influencers are saying in our Leaders series of video interviews. Check out our lineup of future live interviews and archived conversations.
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The Board of Directors of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board will try to iron out some thorny issues when they meet on July 24-25, for their final quarterly gathering this fiscal year.
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Municipals were little changed Friday ahead of another week of healthy issuance. U.S. Treasuries were weaker and equities ended down.
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