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KPMG to start assuring green bonds
28 August 2014Auditing giant KPMG plans to start assessing green bond issues, Environmental Finance has learnt.
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Arise plans return to green bond market with SEK350m issue
26 August 2014Swedish wind farm developer Arise is planning to issue an SEK350 million green bond in a deal that would see it refinance an existing bond.
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World Bank sells $12m green bond to Merrill Lynch clients
21 August 2014The World Bank has sold a $12 million green bond exclusively to clients of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management.
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SEB remains top green bond underwriter in Q2, but HSBC and Natixis make gains
20 August 2014SEB retained its place as the leading green bond underwriter in the second quarter of 2014, while HSBC and Natixis surged up the rankings helped by some blockbuster issues.
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First green bond issued for Peru
14 August 2014Peru has seen its first green bond come to the market, issued by the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
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Bond investors ponder fifty shades of green
12 August 2014Recent green bond issues have attracted mainstream as well as committed 'socially responsible' investors. But their views on what qualifies as 'green' can differ dramatically, as Graham Cooper reports
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NRG Yield closes $500m green bond
08 August 2014NRG Yield has closed its green bond, after selling $500 million of notes to institutional investors.
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Los Angeles issues PACE bond for energy efficiency upgrades
08 August 2014Los Angeles has issued a $6.86 million bond to finance energy efficiency upgrades at a hotel in the county.
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Biomass firm hopes to tap green bond market by the end of year
07 August 2014A recently floated biomass firm plans to issue a labelled green bond by the end of the year, Environmental Finance has learned.
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Green Bonds: an investor's perspective
05 August 2014As green bonds catch the eye of mainstream investors, Jupiter's Rhys Petheram gives his views on the emerging asset class – and how rating agencies could step up their work in this space to help define what is green.