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Lloyd's syndicates seek $500m to cover 'natcat' losses
11 April 2018Lloyd's of London insurance syndicates have asked their capital providers for more than $500 million, and some have also drawn on letters of credit with bankers, to help cover the financial damage from 2017's natural catastrophes (natcats).
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Natural catastrophes in 2017 hit insurers hard
10 April 2018Insured losses arising from natural disasters soared to $138 billion last year, almost three-times as much as in 2016 and far higher than the average of the past 10 years, according to Swiss Re.
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Banking on a changing climate?
05 April 2018Climate change poses a significant threat to banks. How big is their exposure to climate risks, and what are they doing to mitigate them, asks Peter Cripps
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Spanish infrastructure firm plans €750m issue of green notes
05 April 2018ACS Servicios Comunicaciones y Energia (ACS SCE), a Spanish engineering and infrastructure company, plans to issue €750 million ($920 million) of green notes this month.
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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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Green bond round-up, 28 March 2018
29 March 2018Banco Galicia has become the first private financial institution in Argentina to issue a green bond.
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Luxembourg Stock Exchange strikes green bond deal with Shanghai Clearing House
28 March 2018An agreement to "close the information gap" between international investors and green bonds traded on the Chinese Interbank Bond Market has been signed by two of the market's key players.
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Olam secures Asia's first sustainability-linked club loan facility
26 March 2018Agri business Olam has signed a three-year sustainability-linked revolving credit facility, aggregating $500 million of loans.
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Climate-related disclosure: a new dawn
21 March 2018Numerous developments are helping to drive improvements in corporate reporting of non-financial issues and to raise investor expectations, says Adams Koshy.
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First publicly issued C-PACE bond expected 'within weeks'
21 March 2018The first publicly issued Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-Pace) bond is expected to be sold in May, Environmental Finance has learned.