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M&G launches private debt impact fund
16 April 2018UK asset manager M&G Investments has launched a fund focusing on private and illiquid debt that will deliver a positive social or environmental impact.
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Thames Tideway 'super sewer' issues £450m green bonds
24 November 2017£450 million ($599 million) worth of green issues from London 'super sewer' developer Tideway has helped it overtake Unilever as the largest corporate issuer of sterling-denominated green bonds.
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Ethical bond fund reaches £1bn
22 November 2017Rathbones' Ethical Bond Fund claims to have become the first 'sustainable' fixed income fund to reach £1 billion ($1.3 billion) in assets under management.
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Bond 2016: Lightsource's Kingpin
23 March 2016It's been a bumpy couple of years for UK solar, with the government phasing out existing subsidy regimes for more 'competitive' models, making further cuts to Feed-in Tariffs (FiTs) and implementing tighter restrictions on Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs).
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Wheb private equity arm rebrands, becomes independent
04 February 2016Wheb Partners, the private equity house created by Ben Goldsmith, has become independent from its parent company and garnered €140 million ($157 million) of new investment.
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Bank consortium provides £730m debt for UK 'smart meter' roll-out
03 December 2015The European Investment Bank (EIB) and six commercial banks are providing some £730 million ($1.1 billion) in debt finance towards a £1 billion programme to install more than 7 million 'smart meters' in the UK.
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Neoen issues €40m subordinated green bond
11 November 2015French renewable energy developer Neoen has issued a €40 million ($42.78 million) subordinated green bond.
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Lightsource issues UK's biggest renewables bond, in £284m deal
06 November 2015Lightsource Renewable Energy has completed what it claims is the world's largest sterling-denominated bond for renewables.
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Infracapital takes 70% stake in UK bioenergy group
06 October 2015Infracapital, the infrastructure investment arm of M&G Investments, has committed £160 million ($243 million) to take a 70% stake in the Bioenergy Infrastructure Group (BIG), which has been created to invest in the construction of biomass and energy-from-waste (EfW) plants in the UK.
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UK's Primrose Solar closes second tranche of M&G financing
08 January 2015UK project developer Primrose Solar has agreed a £31 million ($47 million) private loan with M&G to refinance one of its biggest projects.