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Bonds round-up: BART, KfW, San Diego, Mitsui, IBRD, EDC, Ottawa

San Francisco BART raises $644m, KfW issues its first HK$ denominated green bond and more

Cubico raises €75m for renewables projects refinance in Italy

Cubico Sustainable Investments has raised €75 million ($84 million) in debt for the refinancing of 27.4MW of 14 renewables projects in Italy.

Bond round-up: Societe Generale, Ferrovie, Posco, BKW Group and more...

New York State Housing Finance Agency has issued a preliminary statement announcing its intention to issue two sustainability bonds amounting to $72.77 million and $9.6 million.

EU taxonomy eligibility criteria ‘extremely stringent’, says Natixis

‘Transition activities’ included in the EU’s sustainability taxonomy have been described by French bank Natixis CIB as “extremely stringent”, in a report designed to assess the taxonomy’s usability.

Bond round-up: Westpac, CGNPC, Prologis, Hera, Hannon Armstrong ... and more

Green and sustainability loans: the growth accelerates

The green and sustainability-linked loan market grew exponentially last year. The next growth spurt could be driven by emerging markets, Michael Hurley writes

Bond round-up: Chile, Korea, Engie, CDC, Vattenfall, BayWa, RATP … and more

Hong Kong and Netherlands give green bond market $7.7bn boost

Hong Kong and the Netherlands have given the green bond market a $7.7 billion boost, with both nations issuing inaugural sovereign green bonds on the same day.

KfW's largest green bond meets strong demand

German development bank KfW has priced the €3 billion ($3.4 billion) green bond it announced earlier this week (LINK), setting the coupon for the eight-year deal at 0.01%.

AIIB issues $2.5bn sustainability-themed bond

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has issued its first 'global bond', worth $2.5 billion, to finance environmentally friendly infrastructure investment and promote environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing across Asia.