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SolarCity's $54m bond gets BBB+ preliminary rating from S&P
14 November 2013SolarCity's planned $54 million bond issue has been given a low investment-grade preliminary rating by Standard & Poor's.
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Co-op Bank to spin off £500m renewables lending portfolio
11 November 2013UK banking group the Co-operative Bank is planning to spin off its £500 million ($800 million) renewables lending portfolio through a "fund structure" which could seek a stock market listing.
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Hong Kong-listed solar firm to buy bankrupt Suntech unit for $492m
04 November 2013A Chinese solar company will pay RMB3 billion ($492 million) to acquire the insolvent manufacturing unit of solar panel giant Suntech.
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Renewables company bond issue raises three times its target
24 October 2013A UK renewable energy supplier has raised £15 million ($24 million) – three times its initial target – in an oversubscribed bond issue.
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Next-generation biofuels maker raises $52m in $110m debt round
24 October 2013A next-generation biofuels company has raised $52 million from three unidentified investors, as part of a $110 million financing round.
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Macquarie targets Japanese solar through ¥100bn joint venture
23 October 2013Macquarie Capital and Japanese construction and engineering group Maeda Corporation have launched a joint venture to invest in and raise finance for solar power projects.
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Axa sets record with euro-denominated cat bond
16 October 2013French insurance group Axa has issued the largest euro-denominated catastrophe bond to date.
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Pension funds voice frustrations over green infrastructure opportunities
16 October 2013Long-term investments in green infrastructure should be a natural choice for pension funds, but numerous barriers are preventing finance flowing at scale, a conference heard.
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Voting begins in 14th annual Environmental Finance rankings
15 October 2013Voting has opened in the annual Environmental Finance market rankings – the largest and most closely watched survey of the world's environmental markets.
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Fixed income focus needed 'to scale up impact investing'
15 October 2013Impact investing companies should move away from its focus on private equity and offer more fixed income products to attract institutional investors, a conference has heard.