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  • Barclays and MSCI launch green bond index, excluding Unilever

    13 November 2014

    Barclays and MSCI have today launched their Green Bond Index, excluding major issues from Unilever and Iberdrola.

  • The rise of the green bond index

    06 November 2014

    Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays/MSCI and Standard & Poor's have started green bond indexes. What impact will they have on the fledgling market, ask Sophie Robinson-Tillett and Peter Cripps

  • BAML launches green bond index

    04 November 2014

    Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has launched a green bond index, which it claims has been the best performing of any flagship investment-grade index in recent years.

  • MSCI launches indexes that reduce 'stranded asset' risk

    16 October 2014

    MSCI has added to its growing range of environmental indexes with two benchmarks that exclude companies with fossil-fuel reserves.

  • Barclays and MSCI's green bond criteria to exclude some issues labelled 'green'

    30 September 2014

    Barclays and MSCI said their green bond index will exclude some issues that are labelled 'green', including those that fund hydro projects bigger than 25MW, or energy efficiency improvements within corporate operations.

  • MSCI adds to low-carbon indexes after just a week

    23 September 2014

    MSCI has added more indexes to the Low Carbon series it launched last week – this time enabling investors to invest across the whole universe.

  • Barclays promises £1bn to green bond market by next year

    22 September 2014

    Barclays has pledged to invest at least £1 billion ($1.3 billion) in the green bond market, in order to help it develop.

  • MSCI launches low-carbon indexes

    16 September 2014

    MSCI has launched a set of low-carbon indexes, which have won the backing of major investors the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4), Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites (FRR) and Amundi.

  • Barclays-MSCI Green Bond Index may assess performance of issuers

    10 July 2014

    The proposed green bond index from Barclays and MSCI is likely to take the issuer's green credentials into consideration when deciding which bonds to include.

  • Barclays and MSCI to launch Green Bond Index

    02 July 2014

    Barclays has teamed up with index provider MSCI to launch a Green Bond Index in response to 'high demand' from institutional investors.