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  • Ontario set to issue second green bond

    30 November 2015

    The Canadian province of Ontario is to issue its second Canadian dollar-denominated green bond by March 2016, according to the province's financing authority.

  • Four new green bond funds expected

    30 November 2015

    Four new dedicated green bond funds are rumoured to be in the pipeline, according to a report by the French investment bank Natixis.

  • HSBC tightens pricing 'significantly' on first green bond as order book hits €2.1bn

    27 November 2015

    HSBC France has seen huge demand for its inaugural green bond, enabling it to tighten pricing "significantly" on the deal.

  • IFC issues ZAR1bn green bond

    26 November 2015

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has issued ZAR1 billion ($71 million) green bond, its first in the domestic South African rand market.

  • CredAg pledges €2bn towards green, social and sustainability bonds

    25 November 2015

    Crédit Agricole has pledged to invest €2 billion in "high quality" green, social or sustainability bonds by the end of 2017.

  • What's the real impact of green bonds?

    25 November 2015

    Should an oil company be able to issue a green bond? Possibly, says Manuel Lewin.

  • Barclays doubles down on green bonds

    25 November 2015

    Barclays has become the first investor to meet its target for green bond acquisitions, and has announced plans to buy another £1 billion, says Hamza Ali

  • Green bond comment, November

    25 November 2015

    Mounting anticipation of tougher international action on climate change at the UN meeting in Paris, has brought an Indian summer to the green bond market, says Graham Cooper

  • ABN Amro 'hopes investors will pay-up' for its future green bonds

    25 November 2015

    ABN Amro will issue more green bonds, and hopes investors will begin 'paying up' for labelled notes.

  • EIB and BNP Paribas privately place index-linked Climate Awareness Bond

    24 November 2015

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a privately placed index-linked €500 million ($532 million) Climate Awareness Bond (CAB).