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ABN Amro 'hopes investors will pay-up' for its future green bonds
25 November 2015ABN Amro will issue more green bonds, and hopes investors will begin 'paying up' for labelled notes.
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Green bond market risks losing credibility, warns Allianz
24 November 2015The green bond market needs to be standardised to help it maintain its credibility, insurance giant Allianz has warned.
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Advanced topics in green bonds: Risks
24 November 2015The unique set of risks presented by the fledgling green bond market are explored by Phillip Ludvigsen
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EF BRIEFS: Cambridge University, Climate Bonds Initiative, LSE, European Parliament
23 November 2015Sandrine Dixson-Declève, director of the Cambridge University Institute for Sustainability Leadership, has called on European leaders to end fossil fuel subsidies and invest in renewables or face become increasingly uncompetitive.
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Renewables developers seek alternatives to yieldcos, says CohnReznick
23 November 2015Developers of renewable energy projects are weighing up alternatives to US yieldcos, in light of their plummeting share prices and questions about their future prospects, says accountancy firm CohnReznick.
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Canadian Solar unit, Recurrent, secures $260m debt financing
23 November 2015Recurrent Energy, a major developer of North American solar energy projects, has agreed $260 million of debt financing for its Astoria photovoltaic project in Kern County, California.
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HSBC moves closer to issuing green bonds, as it drafts framework
20 November 2015HSBC has created a green bond framework ahead of its much-anticipated move into the issuing space, after years as a key underwriter in the market.
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SolarCity in convertibles deal with Musk, CEO and former investor
20 November 2015SolarCity will sell $113 million of convertible notes to chairman Elon Musk, CEO Lyndon Rive and US firm Silver Lake Kraftwerk.
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NIB plans to issue around €700m of green bonds each year
19 November 2015The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) plans to step up its green bond programme and is planning issues valued at the equivalent of around €700 million ($750 million) each year in coming years.
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EF BRIEFS: SocGen, Barclays, Trina, Enel, GIB, Camco, Capital Stage, IIGCC, GE and Alstom
18 November 2015Societe Generale has adopted a climate policy ahead of the Paris climate summit that will see it pull out of some coal financing and double financing for renewables by 2020.