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  • World's biggest muni green bond raises bigger-than-expected $944 million

    07 August 2015

    The largest municipal green bond priced today – and beat its original target by raising $944 million.

  • Sunrun sees stock fall flat after successful float

    06 August 2015

    US rooftop solar firm Sunrun has seen its shareprice fall more than 20% since its IPO earlier this week.

  • BAML says green bond market is strong again as it clinches Q2 underwriter title

    05 August 2015

    The scramble to be named the biggest underwriter in the green bond market produced a new champion in the second quarter of 2015, after Bank of America Merrill Lynch deposed JP Morgan from the top of a league table.

  • World's largest muni and transport green bond slated for next week

    29 July 2015

    The world's largest municipal green bond is set to come out of the US next month, in a deal worth almost $1 billion.

  • Green bond comment: An encouraging quarter

    01 July 2015

    When Environmental Finance's small-but-dedicated team of green bond aficionados totted up all the green bond issues from the first quarter of 2015, the numbers were a little disappointing, says Peter Cripps.

  • Under scrutiny: green bond impact reporting

    01 July 2015

    Issuers' reports on the environmental impact of their green bonds range from a few paragraphs on hard-to-find webpages to 80-page documents. But, given the costs and assumptions involved, some question whether more is necessarily better. Graham Cooper reports

  • US REIT in $500m 'milestone' green bond

    26 June 2015

    A US real estate firm has issued a green bond in what underwriters say is a "milestone" for the country's corporate market.

  • Sunrun announces IPO

    26 June 2015

    Sunrun, the second largest rooftop solar leasing company in the US, has confirmed plans to float on NASDAQ.

  • NRG Yield increases fundraising to $907m

    25 June 2015

    Strong demand has allowed NRG Yield to expand its fundraising by $118 million.

  • UK's GIB slated for part-privatisation

    23 June 2015

    The UK government is set to announce plans to sell a stake in the Green Investment Bank (GIB) to private investors.