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  • ESG in Fixed Income Europe, featuring Green Bonds

    03 July 2019

    Nearly 400 delegates attended the conference, now in its ninth year`

  • KfW green bonds price tighter in the secondary market

    01 July 2019

    Bonds issued by German development bank KfW appear to trade at a slight premium to their vanilla counterparts, Environmental Finance's ESG and Fixed Income conference heard.

  • Bonds round-up: KfW, Nordea, Indiana Finance Authority, Entra ASA, Atrium Ljungberg and more...

    29 May 2019

    The German development bank has now issued 23 green bonds, from which it has raised almost $21 billion.

  • KfW's largest green bond meets strong demand

    16 May 2019

    German development bank KfW has priced the €3 billion ($3.4 billion) green bond it announced earlier this week (LINK), setting the coupon for the eight-year deal at 0.01%.

  • Prospect of German sovereign green bond welcomed by KfW

    14 May 2019

    The potential issuance of a sovereign green bond by Germany has been welcomed by one of the market’s leading lights.

  • KfW to ramp up green bond issuance in 2019

    13 May 2019

    German state-owned promotional bank Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) has expanded its green bond framework to include energy-efficient buildings and said it planned green bond issuances of €5-6 billion ($5.62 billion) in 2019.

  • ASEAN green infrastructure facility aims to catalyse $1bn in blended finance

    08 April 2019

    Southeast Asian governments, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and major European development banks have joined forces to launch a blended finance facility that aims to invest more than $1 billion in green infrastructure across Southeast Asia.

  • Green bond round-up: BNP Paribas; NYSERDA; Nigerian first; Konan Ultra Power

    06 March 2019

    BNP Paribas has returned to the green bond market, with a €750 million ($850 million) transaction.

  • Green bond round-up, 9 January 2019

    09 January 2019

    The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has issued its first EUR-denominated green bond, worth €600 million ($684 million).

  • Green bond market breaks half-a-trillion-dollar barrier

    13 November 2018

    Total green bond issuance has smashed through the $500 billion barrier, marking a significant milestone for the 11-year-old market, data from Environmental Finance’s database reveals.