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Green bond comment, November 2017
01 November 2017It was great to have something positive to announce about the US green bond market at this year's Green Bonds Americas conference!
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Folksam buys more green bonds and doubles investment target
13 September 2017Sweden's Folksam has acquired $350 million of green bonds from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank.
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SEB recruits Powell from IFC
11 September 2017Swedish bank SEB has recruited IFC's head of funding and Treasury market operations, Ben Powell, to join its sustainability team.
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Green bond comment: Back to work!
06 September 2017The summer holiday is over for the green bond market.
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IFC's Hartwick joins AIIB
14 August 2017Evelyn Hartwick is to move from the IFC's Treasury department to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
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Cubico closes $450m of renewables projects in Mexico
09 August 2017Cubico Sustainable Investments has raised $450 million in debt for the construction of 600MW of renewables projects in Mexico.
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Green bond funds poised to break through $2bn mark
28 July 2017The value of green bond funds is fast approaching the $2 billion mark after a spate of launches in the past two years, analysis by Environmental Finance has revealed.
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IFC discloses details of first green 'Kauri' bond
27 July 2017The first green bond from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to be denominated in New Zealand dollars will be a ten-year issue for a minimum of NZD100 million ($75 million), the issuer said.
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Green bond round-up, 19 July 2017
19 July 2017Brookfield Renewable Partners, a Canadian clean energy company, has issued its inaugural green bond, raising $475 milllion.
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Social bonds are a 'distraction' from green bonds
19 June 2017Social bonds are a 'distraction' from green bonds, as most mainstream investors are just getting used to the latter, Ulf Erlandsson, senior portfolio manager at Swedish pension fund AP4, told Environmental Finance's Green Bonds Europe Conference.