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  • Green bond round-up, 6 June 2018

    06 June 2018

    The Bank of China (BoC) has issued one green and one sustainability bond at the same time, marking the first dual issuance of this sort.

  • Green bond Comment, June: A win-win product?

    06 June 2018

    Green bond enthusiasts received a sharp 'reality check' last month, when they heard that Hiro Mizuno, chief investment officer of the world's largest pension fund, regards them as a "lose-lose product".

  • Green bond round-up, 30 May

    30 May 2018

    The Asia-Pacific green bond market is poised for significant growth, with some $600 billion of new issues expected over the next five years, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML).

  • Newton makes sustainable fixed income debut with new fund

    16 May 2018

    Newton Investment Management has launched its first sustainable fixed income fund, as it continues to "turn up the volume" on its ESG offering.

  • Iberdrola revisits green hybrid market with €700m issue

    20 March 2018

    Iberdrola has made good on its promise to raise more green capital in 2018 by issuing its second green hybrid bond.

  • French banks are en marche in July green bond underwriting table

    11 August 2017

    BNP Paribas emerged as the biggest green bond underwriter in July, as French banks continued their assault on the high-profile market in a bid to seize the bragging rights from their American rivals.

  • Lessons from the Repsol bond

    02 August 2017

    I recently had an interesting chat with a leading green bond underwriter. He wanted to know whether I thought a green bond to finance energy-from-waste would be well received by the market.

  • Green bond comment: New issues rise 36% in H1

    05 July 2017

    A 36% increase in new issues in the first six months of this year, combined with further signs of maturity in the market, suggest green bonds are entering their second decade in good health.

  • Time the green bond market grew up

    05 June 2017

    The exclusion of Repsol's bond from the main green bond indexes highlights that a lack of a clear definition of what is green is hindering the market, argues Keith Mullin.

  • Green bond round-up, 17 May 2017

    17 May 2017

    German mortgage lender Berlin Hyp is set to return to the green bond market with its second euro-denominated covered green bond.