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  • Utility returns to green bond market, with benchmark issue

    15 April 2016

    A utility has returned to the green bond market, after pricing €1 billion ($1.1 billion) of notes, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • 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".

  • Nordex doubles size of green Schuldschein to €550m

    01 April 2016

    Nordex has upsized its green Schuldschein to €550 million ($625 million) from €250 million, in response to strong investor demand.

  • Mexico launches green bond segment on stock exchange

    29 March 2016

    The Mexican stock exchange has launched a section dedicated to green bonds, to help channel investment into low-carbon projects.

  • NRW upsizes sustainability bond to €1.6bn

    10 March 2016

    The German State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) has upsized its second sustainability bond to €1.585 billion ($1.75 billion), on the back of investor demand.

  • 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.

  • China to see wave of corporate green bonds, says HSBC

    04 March 2016

    A spate of green bonds from Chinese banks this year has paved the way for a "wave" of corporate issuance from the country, according to HSBC.

  • Are investors beginning to pay up for green bonds?

    26 February 2016

    Are the occasional pieces of evidence that green bonds price differently to their mainstream equivalents a sign of things to come, asks Hamza Ali

  • Nordex to issue €250m green bond

    24 February 2016

    Nordex has become the first German manufacturer to issue a 'green Schuldschein', tapping the market for €250 million ($274.5 million).