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Divestment campaigns 'won't cause fossil fuel share price collapse - yet'
03 October 2014Divestment campaigns will fail to bring about a rapid collapse in the value of fossil fuel companies, but they demonstrate a strong will to embrace renewables that will revolutionise the energy sector, analysts have forecast.
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Eight Danish investors commit DKK8bn to infra fund
03 October 2014A group of Danish institutional investors has committed DKK8 billion ($1.4 billion) to a fund that will finance infrastructure projects including wind farms and biomass power plants.
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RobecoSAM launches three new funds with ESG criteria
02 October 2014RobecoSAM's latest sustainability fund has narrowly outperformed its benchmark since its launch earlier this year, and two more investment vehicles have been launched with an environmental, social and govermance (ESG) mandate.
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Vivint Solar floats at lower end of target, raising $329m
02 October 2014Vivint Solar has floated on the New York Stock Exchange, at the lower end of its price range.
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Egyptian bank pays $208m for 49% of French wind energy firm
01 October 2014EFG Hermes, a Cairo-based investment bank with $3.6 billion in assets under management, has bought a 49% stake in EDPR France, a major wind farm developer, for $208 million.
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Scatec Solar gets IPO away at NOK19 per share
01 October 2014Scatec Solar completed its IPO in a move that valued the company at NOK1.783 billion ($277 million) and raised NOK500 million to fuel its expansion plans.
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Greentech Capital launches funds operation
30 September 2014Greentech Capital Advisors (GCA), a specialist US investment bank, is launching an asset management business and has appointed David Smith from Gabelli Asset Management to lead the new activity.
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Impax secures €106m project finance for Finnish wind project
30 September 2014Impax Asset Management has agreed a €106 million ($133 million) project financing deal with Germany's KfW IPEX-Bank for a 51MW wind farm in Finland.
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Alliance Trust puts Peter Michaelis in charge of equities
30 September 2014Peter Michaelis is to lead the equity investment team at Alliance Trust, alongside his current role as head of sustainable and responsible investment (SRI).
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ERAFP to reduce carbon in €750m portfolio
30 September 2014French public service pension scheme, ERAFP, is to reduce by 40% the carbon intensity of a €750 million ($951.4 million) portfolio managed by Amundi.