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  • 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.

  • 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.