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Channelling capital into forest conservation
06 July 2018A significant increase in the level of private finance being channelled into forest conservation is required in order to meet the aims of the Paris Agreement, a roundtable organised by Environmental Finance and Finance for Forests heard. Michael Hurley reports
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Green Bonds round-up, 27 June
27 June 2018KBC Group, a leading Belgian financial institution, has issued its first green bond – a five-year, €500 million ($600 million) transaction that was three-times oversubscribed.
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Amundi's early mover
21 June 2018Frédéric Samama has been a key mover in the Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition, the creation of low-carbon indexes, and now the world's biggest green bond fund. He talks to Peter Cripps
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Actiam New Member of the ICMA Executive Committee
19 June 2018The International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) announced Foppe-Jan van der Meij of Actiam as its new member of the Executive Committee of the Green Bond Principles (GBP) at the annual meeting on 14 June 2018.
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Environmental Finance's Green Bonds Asia conference
15 June 2018Environmental Finance's Green Bonds Asia conference saw the agreement of a deal that could help drive growth in the region, writes Michael Hurley.
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Green bond round-up, 13 June 2018
13 June 2018DNB Boligkreditt, a subsidiary of Norwegian bank DNB, has raised €1.5 billion ($1.76 billion) from its first green covered bond.
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MAS and IFC sign deal to grow green bond market in Asia
07 June 2018The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and IFC have agreed a collaboration to grow the green bond market in Asia.
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Green bonds round-up, 2 May
02 May 2018DTE Electric, an electricity utility based in Detroit, Michigan, has entered the green bond market with a $525 million, 30-year issue. It pays a coupon of 4.05% and was priced at 97 basis points over US Treasuries, giving a yield to maturity of 4.076%. The issue has been rated Aa3, A and A+ by Moody's, S&P Global and Fitch, respectively.
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Green Bond Comment, March
04 April 2018At least $28 billion of new green bonds were issued in the first three months of 2018, according to preliminary data from the Environmental Finance Green Bonds Database.
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IFC urges emerging markets to be sovereign green bond 'gamechangers'
20 March 2018The IFC has encouraged emerging market countries to follow Fiji in issuing a green bond, as it publishes guidance it hopes could attract a host of new issuers.