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Green bond market risks losing credibility, warns Allianz
24 November 2015The green bond market needs to be standardised to help it maintain its credibility, insurance giant Allianz has warned.
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Advanced topics in green bonds: Risks
24 November 2015The unique set of risks presented by the fledgling green bond market are explored by Phillip Ludvigsen
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EF BRIEFS: Cambridge University, Climate Bonds Initiative, LSE, European Parliament
23 November 2015Sandrine Dixson-Declève, director of the Cambridge University Institute for Sustainability Leadership, has called on European leaders to end fossil fuel subsidies and invest in renewables or face become increasingly uncompetitive.
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IDBI launches inaugural benchmark-sized green bond
23 November 2015The Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) has launched its inaugural green bond and the second from India to be denominated in dollars.
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HSBC moves closer to issuing green bonds, as it drafts framework
20 November 2015HSBC has created a green bond framework ahead of its much-anticipated move into the issuing space, after years as a key underwriter in the market.
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NIB plans to issue around €700m of green bonds each year
19 November 2015The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) plans to step up its green bond programme and is planning issues valued at the equivalent of around €700 million ($750 million) each year in coming years.
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EF BRIEFS: SocGen, Barclays, Trina, Enel, GIB, Camco, Capital Stage, IIGCC, GE and Alstom
18 November 2015Societe Generale has adopted a climate policy ahead of the Paris climate summit that will see it pull out of some coal financing and double financing for renewables by 2020.
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ING issues $1.3bn 'well oversubscribed' green bond
18 November 2015ING Bank has priced its inaugural $1.33 billion green bond, issued in two tranches that were both several times oversubscribed.
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Southern Power ups green bond to $1bn
17 November 2015Southern Power has increased the size of its inaugural green bond to $1 billion after being nearly five-times oversubscribed.
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IFC to issue $500m green bond
17 November 2015The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is set to return to the market with a $500 million green bond, its biggest of the year so far.