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  • Apple takes $1.5bn bite out of green bond market

    17 February 2016

    Corporate giant Apple has priced a benchmark-sized green bond, in a "tremendous boost" to the fledgling market's prospects for attracting corporate issuers.

  • Morgan Stanley advises investors on reducing climate change impacts

    15 February 2016

    Morgan Stanley has developed a set of analysis tools to help investors gain a better understanding of the potential impact of climate change on their portfolios.

  • New York MTA issues $500m 'certified' green bond

    03 February 2016

    New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is to issue a green bond certified by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).

  • JP Morgan creates 'one-stop shop' for ESG investment

    01 February 2016

    JP Morgan has launched a "menu" of environmental, social and governance (ESG) products from across asset classes and regions to enable investors to create bespoke 'ESG-friendly' portfolios.

  • San Diego Unified School District issues $100m green bond

    05 January 2016

    The San Diego Unified School District has issued a $100 million green bond, announced in November.

  • SunEdison in $336m equity/assets deal with investors

    30 December 2015

    Buyers of an exchangeable bond issued by a SunEdison subsidiary are to trade in $336 million of notes for assets and equity in its yieldco.

  • What's the issue with Asian issuers?

    28 December 2015

    Asian issuers have been notably quiet in the green bond markets, but is that about to change, asks Hamza Ali

  • EF BRIEFS: Trucost, NY Green Bank, Yes Bank, Abengoa Yield, SunEdison, RWE, Samsung

    11 December 2015

    German utility RWE has got the go-ahead to spin off a renewable energy subsidiary, which will be floated late next year.

  • Green bond comment, November

    25 November 2015

    Mounting anticipation of tougher international action on climate change at the UN meeting in Paris, has brought an Indian summer to the green bond market, says Graham Cooper

  • IDBI launches inaugural benchmark-sized green bond

    23 November 2015

    The Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) has launched its inaugural green bond and the second from India to be denominated in dollars.