Kestrel is an Infrastructure Finance Intelligence company focused on fixed income markets.
We transform fragmented infrastructure, sustainability, resilience, and financial disclosures into structured intelligence that supports investment research, sustainable finance, portfolio analysis, reporting, and compliance workflows.
By supporting both issuers and investors, we maintain a unique perspective on the full lifecycle of infrastructure finance.
Kestrel delivers Infrastructure Finance Intelligence through solutions that support
issuers, investors, and other market participants across the infrastructure finance ecosystem.
Kestrel maintains structured intelligence covering a majority of the municipal bond market. Our intelligence evaluates sustainability, resilience, infrastructure characteristics, sector-specific best practices, and other material factors that support investment and credit research workflows.
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Kestrel provides independent analysis and assurance for debt financings, infrastructure investments, and sustainable finance transactions.
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Kestrel helps investors evaluate sustainability, resilience, and infrastructure-related characteristics across fixed income portfolios.
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Kestrel supports the development and implementation of sustainable and climate-aligned investment strategies through intelligence, frameworks, and customized analytical solutions.
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Within infrastructure finance, there are best practices for sustainability and resilience. Kestrel analysts review bond-financed activities and identify when these best practices are present. We categorize the best practices with five key Sustainable Finance Principles, and benchmark bonds with scores.
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Hood River, Oregon — January 29, 2026 — Kestrel today announced the release of its Methodology for Assessing Blue Bonds Eligibility in the U.S. Municipal Bond Market, a new framework […]
HOOD RIVER, OR – January 6, 2026 — As U.S. cities face increased exposure to climate-driven physical risks, Kestrel, the leader in Sustainability Intelligence™, today released its Resilience Taxonomy for […]
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA AND HOOD RIVER, OREGON — Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) (AA) successfully launched the first Green Commercial Paper (CP) notes issued by any U.S. municipal electric utility. Barclays was […]
90+ %
coverage of the municipal bond primary market
for investment grade and higher with
>$20 million par value
+60 %
market share by par of external reviews
in US public finance*
+$3.2 trillion
par benchmarked with Kestrel Sustainability Intelligence™
*2025