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  • Ile de France prepares to roadshow latest sustainability bond

    23 May 2016

    Region Ile de France will begin a roadshow on Wednesday in the hope of bringing its fourth 'green and sustainability' bond to market.

  • EF BRIEFS: Dong Energy, TenneT, TerraForm Power, Yingli, KfW

    13 May 2016

    Danish utility and offshore wind specialist Dong Energy expects to float this summer, it has announced.

  • Consortium nets £1.3bn for UK offshore wind project in 'swift' fundraising round

    13 May 2016

    Masdar, Statoil and Statkraft have bagged £1.3 billion ($1.9 billion) in project financing for a major offshore wind venture, saying the deal proves investor confidence in the sector.

  • DKB bank launches green bond programme for renewables

    12 May 2016

    Germany's Deutsche Kredit Bank (DKB) is preparing to launch a green bond programme focused on renewable energy lending.

  • KfW's longest-dated green bond twice oversubscribed

    12 May 2016

    KfW has launched its longest-dated green bond so far, in a deal which saw investor demand reach more than twice the size of the offering.

  • Toyota confirms up-sizing of latest green ABS

    10 May 2016

    Toyota has increased the size of its third green asset-backed bond to $1.6 billion, from an initial $1.2 billion.

  • BAML tops green bond underwriter's league table, but Chinese banks storm top five

    11 April 2016

    Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) regained its title as the leading underwriter in the green bond market in the first quarter of 2016, although Chinese underwriters are now breathing down its neck.

  • Financial firms join forces to raise $8bn for sustainable investments

    06 April 2016

    Bank of America has formed a new partnership within its Catalytic Finance Initiative (CFI) that aims to direct $8 billion to "high-impact sustainable investments".

  • Green Bond Principles to be widened to cover social bonds

    09 March 2016

    A working group formed under the Green Bond Principles is creating a sister set of guidelines for the social bond market, due to be launched later this year.

  • First index launched to track bonds from low-carbon issuers

    08 March 2016

    An index has been launched which is believed to be the first to comprise bonds from low-carbon companies.