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Kenmar links with ABN Amro on fund of funds
01 July 2007Kenmar of Rye Brook, New York, has launched a hedge fund to invest primarily in environmental hedge funds. The Kenmar Global ECO Fund SPC has attracted an initial $25 million investment from Dutch bank ABN Amro and the two organisations will collaborate in marketing the open-ended fund to other institutional investors. Kenmar is targeting a "mid-teens" return, according to co-CEO Ken Shewer.
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Citi tops SRI research survey
01 July 2007Citi Investment Research has retained its position as leading brokerage firm for socially responsible investment (SRI) research and for long-term thematic research, in a survey of European buy-side and sell-side firms.
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HSBC to spend $90m to reduce footprint
01 July 2007HSBC has promised to spend $90 million over five years to reduce its impact on the environment and showcase best practice.
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Barclays to take over Biofuels
01 July 2007UK-based Barclays Bank intends to save its client Biofuels Corporation, which operates the UK's largest biodiesel plant, from complete collapse by taking over 94% of the company and cancelling £40 million ($81 million) of its nearly £100 million of debt.
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Bush proposes new climate talks
01 June 2007US President George Bush has called on the world's major economies to work together to establish a long-term target by the end of 2008 for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Environmental NGOs reacted with scepticism.
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Senate bill targets efficiency, biofuels, CO2 capture
01 June 2007The US Senate majority leader has introduced legislation consolidating bills on energy efficiency, biofuels and carbon capture, and may add a national renewables mandate.
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AIG launches altenergy division
01 June 2007US insurer AIG has formed a new practice for its clients in the renewable energy sector. The AIG Global Alternative Energy Practice will focus on insurance, risk management and loss control services for US-based clients in the biofuels, hydroelectric, geothermal, solar and wind industries.
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Traders' exits hit weather trading
01 June 2007After dramatic growth in 2006, the market for weather derivatives has caught a cold, according to the annual survey by the Weather Risk Management Association (WRMA).
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Citi, HSBC pledge big sums on climate change
01 June 2007Two of the world's largest banking groups have pledged enormous sums to the fight against climate change – but have taken different approaches to the issue.
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World Bank backs controversial Ugandan dam
01 June 2007The World Bank is to help finance a controversial $799 million hydropower project in Uganda, it announced last month. Supporters of the 250MW Bujagali hydropower plant, situated on the Victoria Nile Delta near the town of Jinja, say it will end Uganda's electricity crisis, and the blight of daily power cuts which the World Bank says cost the country 1% of its GDP.