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  • New sustainability index family launched

    30 May 2013

    A new family of indexes has been launched to offer investors "more sustainable versions of standard global equity benchmarks".

  • Novel structure helps PensionDanmark support onshore wind project

    29 May 2013

    An innovative funding structure has enabled Danish pension fund PensionDanmark to participate in the debt financing of the €336 million ($435 million) Jadraas wind farm, the largest onshore wind project in the Nordic region.

  • IPO plans for New Zealand's Meridian advance

    28 May 2013

    The New Zealand government has moved forward with its plans for a billion-dollar public listing of renewable energy company Meridian Energy.

  • Offshore wind farm 'to attract £1bn investment'

    24 May 2013

    Plans for a 504MW wind farm off the UK coast have been given the go-ahead, in a move with the potential to attract £1 billion ($1.5 billion) of private investment.

  • New markets tempt investors into timber

    23 May 2013

    Forestry is growing in favour as an asset class for institutional investors but the market is being restructured by economic and demographic changes and growing demand for bioenergy, says David Brand of investment manager New Forests.

  • Tesla wins over investors in $1bn fundraising

    21 May 2013

    Electric car maker Tesla Motors has raised more than $1 billion, of which $600 million came from convertible bonds.

  • Alliance Trust reveals full SRI equity holdings

    20 May 2013

    Asset manager Alliance Trust has, for the first time, disclosed the entire holdings of its sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) equity funds as part of a transparency drive.

  • IFC, Masdar join forces on $1.5bn clean energy investments

    17 May 2013

    The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has signed an agreement which could see it invest $1.5 billion in clean energy projects developed by Abu Dhabi's Masdar.

  • Impax sees 22% rise in AUM

    17 May 2013

    Buoyant equity markets and a growing awareness of environmental themes among institutional investors drove a 22% rise in assets under management (AUM) at Impax.

  • CCS 'on the way to being cost-competitive' in UK

    16 May 2013

    Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has the potential to be cost-competitive with renewables in the UK, a report has claimed, but the government needs to continue to improve its subsidies regime to help bring down the cost of finance.