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  • Aligera taps green bond market again, more planned

    12 November 2014

    Swedish wind energy company Aligera has successfully placed the penultimate tranche of its SEK500 million ($68 million) green bond.

  • NRW say green bond success was 'because of size and second opinion'

    11 November 2014

    German development bank NRW.Bank has attributed the success of its €500 million ($638 million) green bond to the inclusion of a second opinion, and its large size.

  • Abengoa Yield prices $255m green bond

    07 November 2014

    Abengoa Yield, the 'yieldco' launched by Spanish firm Abengoa in June, has priced its $255 million bond offer.

  • The rise of the green bond index

    06 November 2014

    Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays/MSCI and Standard & Poor's have started green bond indexes. What impact will they have on the fledgling market, ask Sophie Robinson-Tillett and Peter Cripps

  • Norway's NTE issues NOK750m green bond to refinance hydro plants [UPDATED]

    06 November 2014

    Power generating company Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk (NTE) has issued Norway's second corporate green bond – a NOK750 million ($110 million) issue that was oversubscribed in two hours.

  • Amundi, EDF reveal plans for €1.5bn private equity venture

    05 November 2014

    French asset manager Amundi has joined forces with energy utility EDF to raise up to €1.5 billion ($1.9 billion) for private equity investments in low-carbon energy and energy efficiency projects.

  • BAML launches green bond index

    04 November 2014

    Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has launched a green bond index, which it claims has been the best performing of any flagship investment-grade index in recent years.

  • UK public should be offered green bonds, says renewables chief

    04 November 2014

    The UK should issue a green bond that would allow individual savers the opportunity to invest in renewable energy projects, said a leading industry figure.

  • Calvert Green Bond Fund – one year on

    03 November 2014

    On the first anniversary of the launch of the Calvert Green Bond Fund, its managers are pleased with its performance but are frustrated by an unrealised opportunity to roll out more green mortgage-backed securities.

  • Oekom approved as verifier of climate bonds

    03 November 2014

    Oekom Research, a specialist German rating agency, has been approved as a verifier of green bonds by the Climate Bond Standards Board.