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Swiss Re unveils novel disaster insurance product for Chinese farmers
03 August 2016Swiss Re has agreed a reinsurance contract with China's Heilongjiang province and a local insurer, to protect farmers against financial losses caused by natural disasters.
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Green bond issuance outstrips 2015 total
25 July 2016Issuance of labelled green bonds this year has already surpassed the total recorded in 2015, thanks to two more large bonds from Chinese banks.
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China issues $6bn of green bonds in one week
25 July 2016Three Chinese issuers came to the market with CNY40.25 billion ($6.03 billion) of domestic green bonds last week, continuing a strong year for the country's green bond market.
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Chinese bank issues largest international green bond
06 July 2016One of China's largest state-owned commercial banks has issued the largest green bond to date in the international markets.
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Green bonds in Asia - the challenges and opportunities
27 June 2016The take-up of green bonds in Asia has been frustratingly slow, and there is no sign yet that companies are embracing the asset class en masse, argues Vicky Münzer-Jones
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EF BRIEFS: Dong Energy, TenneT, TerraForm Power, Yingli, KfW
13 May 2016Danish utility and offshore wind specialist Dong Energy expects to float this summer, it has announced.
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Utility returns to green bond market, with benchmark issue
15 April 2016A utility has returned to the green bond market, after pricing €1 billion ($1.1 billion) of notes, Environmental Finance has learned.
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BAML tops green bond underwriter's league table, but Chinese banks storm top five
11 April 2016Bank 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.
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EF BRIEFS: CalPERS, Chinese green bonds, Massachusetts Water
29 March 2016Task force to adopt list of states with similar rules, clearing the way for 2017 take off
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Shanghai Pudong returns to green bond market
23 March 2016The Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPDB) is set to tap the green bond market again, just two months after its mammoth inaugural issue.