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  • Blackstone raises $7bn for 'energy transition' private credit fund

    10 August 2023

    US investment management giant Blackstone has raised $7.1 billion at final close of its energy transition credit fund, in what it claimed is the largest such private credit fund globally.

  • SEC climate rules could have 'meaningful' impact on private firms

    10 August 2022

    The climate disclosure rules proposed by the US Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) could have a "meaningful" indirect impact on private firms despite not currently covering unlisted companies, according to a report.

  • Blackstone launches renewables private credit strategy

    24 January 2022

    Private equity firm Blackstone has launched a renewables private credit platform as it plans to invest $100 billion in energy transition projects over the next ten years.

  • Blackstone invests $3bn in North American renewable energy firm

    10 January 2022

    Private equity firm Blackstone Infrastructure Partners has invested $3 billion for a minority stake in Invenergy Renewables,...

  • First European social housing securitised sustainability bond issued

    02 November 2021

    UK affordable housing association Sage Housing has raised £280 million ($383 million) from a sustainability bond, believed to be the first social housing securitisation (SHS) in this format in Europe, Environmental Finance can reveal.