Get the Most Out of Your TASBO Membership
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Bankers, advisors, and industry organizations encourage issuers to rely on Investor Relations (IR) Programs. TASBO has partnered with BondLink to simplify this best practice for school business officers and ensure you have best-in-class financial transparency and more efficient bond sales.
Investors want to find your information easily. School issuers who focus on transparency are rewarded with increased demand and favorable conditions for their bond sales.
BondLink is the all-in-one investor engagement platform that enables you to more easily manage your countless debt management responsibilities. This includes:
- a turn-key, corporate-style IR website
- electronic POS/OS printing
- investor roadshows
- custom debt database
- bond market data & analysis
- direct upload to the MSRB’s EMMA website
With the 100 largest municipal bond investors representing $2T AUM on the platform and over $50B of par issued YTD by our issuer clients (accounting for 18% of the market), BondLink has become the go-to platform for issuers.
Getting started with BondLink is quick. It’s easy. And best of all, it’s free to get started through October for TASBO members!
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BondLink & TASBO: What You Can Expect
Get a Turnkey IR Website
It’s now easy to communicate your financial strengths, keep investors updated, provide project updates, and so much more. Our Issuer Success team will create a best-in-class, turnkey Investor Relations Website (that can be found from your organization's existing website) without the need for technical resources to get up and running or maintain the site.
Streamline Your Bond Sale Prep Work
Issuers are bound to get the best terms for taxpayers, but have limited time and resources to dedicate to bond sale preparation. Our back-office tools and Issuer Success representatives serve as an extension of your team so you can do more with less.
Get To Know Your Investors
Our investor intelligence and communication tools help you, and your financial team, proactively identify and engage with potential buyers to generate more interest ahead of your bond sale. This is becoming a critical function in a challenging bond market with higher borrowing costs.
Fully Understand Your Debt Obligations
Receive full access to your personalized, on-demand Debt Profile. Powered by Intercontinental Exchange’s data, you and your finance team can quickly understand your outstanding debt and know exactly when payments are due at a glance.
PLUS! Easily Earn Your Next (or First) Texas Transparency Star
The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts' Transparency Stars program is an amazing opportunity for local governments to demonstrate how they go above and beyond with their transparency efforts. TASBO members who partner with BondLink are rewarded with the simplest way to earn their Debt Obligations Star. Just launch your your BondLink-powered site and submit the link to the Comptroller's office to earn your star!
Getting Started Is Easy
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Complete the form at the top of this page and click “Get Started”.
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A representative from BondLink’s Issuer Solutions Team will get in touch to schedule a call where we'll learn about your school and debt program and review the special pricing for TASBO Members.
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We have a simple, annual subscription agreement, and once that’s in place our team will get to work building you a best-in-class Investor Relations (IR) website.
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Your IR website will launch after your review and approval. It's truly a turnkey solution.
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From there, we’ll continue to support you by updating your website with financial disclosures and announcements, plus help with bond sale marketing efforts including the digital POS/OS printing, communicating to investors, and more.
It's really that simple! Go ahead and click the button below to get started with your customized BondLink experience now.
Want to know more?
Check out our Frequently Asked Questions
Here are some of the most commonly asked questions we get about BondLink, investor relations, and our clients. Still have questions? Contact us via the information below and we’ll get back to you ASAP.
My organization already has a website. How is your platform better than that?
Our investor websites were specifically designed to help bond investors easily find the information they need. Our websites allow investors to sign up for notifications, so they'll never miss an update when you make changes to your site or add new disclosure materials. You'll also get access to investor activity tracking you can’t find anywhere else, so you know exactly who is on your site and what actions they’re taking. Our websites are easy to update, don’t require additional IT resources, and can be embedded in your existing website, so you have a seamless website experience.
Why do I need BondLink?
Investor relations works whether you are a ‘AAA’ rated credit or unrated. Today's municipal market is crowded, and investors have limited capacity to gather information and determine if they want to participate in your issuance. Making it easy for them to get current and ongoing disclosures and information helps set you apart from other schools in the state. We streamline this process for you to share, and for investors to consume, your crucial data so you can build stronger investor demand.
Don’t your services overlap with what my municipal advisor and banker already do?
We’re actually complimentary. Through technology, we provide efficiencies to you and your finance team in areas like an automated debt database for debt management, reporting and payment schedules, and pre-sale marketing, where the investor intelligence you gather with your IR website can be shared with your banker to augment their existing marketing efforts ahead of a bond sale and reach more investors.
What does this special partnership with TASBO offer me?
Typically, every TASBO member saves 50% (a $4,250 value) on the initial IR website buildout fee with BondLink. However, BondLink is currently offering to waive the full $8,500 buildout fee as a part of their back-to-school promotion. There's a nominal monthly fee to maintain the website and BondLink offers a cost-effective option for deal marketing, POS/OS printing, and more ahead of any bond sales. There's NO commitment by entering your information above to learn more.
What support does BondLink offer issuers?
You'll have a dedicated Issuer Success Representative who will work with you on an ongoing basis and ensure that we make it easy for you to maximize benefits of using BondLink.
Need any more help?
If you have any other questions, please reach out to requests@bondlink.com
We're more than happy to provide personalized demonstrations of the platform, come up with unique solutions for your organization, and answer questions you may have.