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  • Enel Green Power agrees €153m loan with Santander for wind

    25 March 2014

    Italian renewables group Enel has signed a €153 million ($211.4 million) loan agreement with Banco Santander to finance further wind farms in Mexico.

  • Toyota increases size of asset-backed green bond, plans more

    20 March 2014

    Toyota's pioneering issue of 'green' asset-backed securities has been increased in size to $1.75 billion from a planned $1.25 billion, in response to strong investor demand, and further similar issues are likely, a senior executive said.

  • First index launched for green bonds market

    17 March 2014

    An index to track the fledgling green bond market has been launched by German index provider Solactive.

  • Moody's anticipates Aaa ratings for Toyota green bonds

    11 March 2014

    Moody's Investors Service has assigned provisional Aaa ratings to the bulk of a $1.25 billion issue of 'green' asset-backed securities expected to be issued soon by Toyota.

  • SunEdison agrees financing and imminent sale of first UK projects

    03 March 2014

    SunEdison's first UK solar energy projects are due to be operational later this month, the US-based photovoltaics specialist said.

  • Wind farm investments help drive healthy returns for PensionDanmark

    27 February 2014

    PensionDanmark's pioneering investments in wind farms provided a return of 9.1% last year, underpinning a "very satisfactory" performance for the firm and offsetting the poor results from its bond portfolio.

  • Swedish insurer snaps up African green bond

    24 February 2014

    SPP, a Swedish pensions and insurance provider owned by Storebrand, was the sole buyer of a SEK 1 billion ($153 million) green bond issue from the African Development Bank (AfDB).

  • Unibail-Rodamco's €750m green bond 'could be first of many'

    21 February 2014

    Commercial real estate company Unibail-Rodamco hopes to repeatedly tap the green bond market after its inaugural €750 million issue was more than three-times oversubscribed.

  • EIB boosts size of Climate Awareness Bond to €2bn

    19 February 2014

    The European Investment Bank has increased the size of its euro-denominated Climate Awareness Bond by a further €500 million ($ 687 million) taking its total size to €2 billion.

  • Bond investors fix their sights on ESG

    17 February 2014

    Investors are beginning to extend responsible investment principles from their listed equity portfolios into fixed income. But the asset class poses particular challenges. Mark Nicholls reports