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  • Consultation starts on India's national green bond standards

    04 December 2015

    The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has become the latest financial regulator to launch a set of national green bond standards.

  • BAML predicts up to $90 billion of green bond issuance in 2016

    04 December 2015

    Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has defied the trend for refusing to predict green bond growth, saying the market is likely to see $50 billion - $60 billion of issuance in 2016.

  • Major US asset manager to launch green bond fund

    03 December 2015

    A US asset manager is set to hit the market with a green bond fund, the ninth to launch this year.

  • EF BRIEFS: SunEdison, Generation IM, EDC, Kingfisher, RWE, Drax

    02 December 2015

    India is planning to launch a $1 billion private equity fund to invest in its domestic renewable energy sector, according to the country's energy minister, Piyush Goyal.

  • Development banks issue updated guide to help green bond issuers with impact reporting

    02 December 2015

    A group of development banks has published updated impact reporting guidelines for green bond issuers, saying that the market is the "litmus test" for wider climate finance.

  • Ecotricity raises £18.5m from latest 'ecobond'

    01 December 2015

    UK green energy company Ecotricity has raised £18.5 million ($27.9 million) from its third 'ecobond'.

  • 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.