Increasingly, institutional investors are looking for innovative investment solutions that allow them to put their money to work in ways that help communities or provide some social benefit — without sacrificing financial returns.
U.S. municipal bonds — a well-established fixed income investment — can help investors achieve goals focused on the social good and risk-return targets. With many non-U.S. investors reevaluating taxable municipal bonds as an additional source of diversification and income, their potential for social good is worth exploring.
Highlights:
- The institutional demand for social impact investments
- Why many U.S. municipal bonds can be considered social bonds
- The social good of different U.S. public finance sectors and issuers
- The investment characteristics of U.S. municipal bonds.
