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  • Axis Bank tightens price on oversubscribed green bond

    24 May 2016

    India's Axis Bank said its inaugural $500 million, five-year green bond was 2.2 times oversubscribed and, as a result, the issuer tightened the pricing to 160 basis points over US Treasuries from 175 points over.

  • EF BRIEFS: FSB, Axis Bank, EIB, Stockholm, Canadian Solar, GRI, BP

    23 May 2016

    The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has appointed nine more members to its new Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.

  • Geely green bond receives warm reception from pension funds

    19 May 2016

    Chinese car maker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group has launched a five-year, dollar-denominated green bond, with "strong" support from pension funds.

  • EF BRIEFS: Starbucks, TerraForm Power, Fabege

    17 May 2016

    Starbucks priced a $500 million bond yesterday, claiming it is the first corporate sustainability bond to be issued out of the US.

  • MTA to return to market with $500m green bond

    11 May 2016

    New York's Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) is gearing up to launch a $500 million green bond – its second in as many months.

  • China's Geely readies itself for USD green bond

    11 May 2016

    Chinese corporate Geely is set to raise a green bond to make taxis more environmentally friendly.

  • Biggest beasts of green bond market are crowned

    05 May 2016

    Some of the biggest beasts in the green bond market were honoured today, in the final instalment of the inaugural Green Bond Awards.

  • Insurer John Hancock invests $227m in SolarCity projects

    04 May 2016

    US insurance giant John Hancock Financial has agreed to invest $227 million in a 201MW portfolio of residential, commercial and industrial solar energy projects owned by SolarCity.

  • Emerging markets green bond sees dramatic price tightening

    29 April 2016

    A benchmark-sized emerging market green bond saw its pricing tighten dramatically after receiving orders for five times the amount issued.

  • Second Latin American development bank readies itself for green bond

    13 April 2016

    A Central American development bank is set to dip its toe in the green bond market with a roadshow across the UK and the US.