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Green bonds round-up, 14 December 2017

HSBC expects up to $180bn of green bonds in 2018

HSBC predicts green bond supply to reach as much as $180 billion next year, up from the bank's projected sum of $125 billion for 2017.

Green bond comment, November 2017

It was great to have something positive to announce about the US green bond market at this year's Green Bonds Americas conference!

Folksam buys more green bonds and doubles investment target

Sweden's Folksam has acquired $350 million of green bonds from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank.

SEB recruits Powell from IFC

Swedish bank SEB has recruited IFC's head of funding and Treasury market operations, Ben Powell, to join its sustainability team.

Green bond comment: Back to work!

The summer holiday is over for the green bond market.

IFC's Hartwick joins AIIB

Evelyn Hartwick is to move from the IFC's Treasury department to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).

Cubico closes $450m of renewables projects in Mexico

Cubico Sustainable Investments has raised $450 million in debt for the construction of 600MW of renewables projects in Mexico.

Green bond funds poised to break through $2bn mark

The 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.

IFC discloses details of first green 'Kauri' bond

The 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.