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Green bonds round-up, 18 July 2018
18 July 2018Terna, the operator of the Italian electricity grid, has entered the green bond market for the first time, with a €750 million ($872 million) offering maturing in July 2023.
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Green bonds round-up, 4 July
04 July 2018Spanish utility Iberdrola has returned to the market with its tenth green bond. The €750 million deal pays a coupon of 1.25% and matures in October 2026.
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Green Bonds round-up, 27 June
27 June 2018KBC Group, a leading Belgian financial institution, has issued its first green bond – a five-year, €500 million ($600 million) transaction that was three-times oversubscribed.
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Green bond round-up, 13 June 2018
13 June 2018DNB Boligkreditt, a subsidiary of Norwegian bank DNB, has raised €1.5 billion ($1.76 billion) from its first green covered bond.
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New report aims to help companies disclose physical climate risks
01 June 2018The disclosure of physical climate risks has received less attention than reporting transition climate risks, it was claimed at the launch of a report that aims to help redress the balance.
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Green bonds round-up, 2 May
02 May 2018DTE Electric, an electricity utility based in Detroit, Michigan, has entered the green bond market with a $525 million, 30-year issue. It pays a coupon of 4.05% and was priced at 97 basis points over US Treasuries, giving a yield to maturity of 4.076%. The issue has been rated Aa3, A and A+ by Moody's, S&P Global and Fitch, respectively.
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Green bond round-up, 25 April
25 April 2018More than $3.3 billion of green bonds have settled in the first three days of this week*, with announcements suggesting that a strong pipeline of issuance of green and social bonds can be expected in coming weeks.
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Fixed income investors need more ESG products, says Japan's GPIF
20 April 2018Institutional investors are being constrained because of a lack of environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused products for fixed income investors, a report co-published by the GPIF has claimed.
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Green bond round-up, 18 April 2018
18 April 2018BNP Paribas has returned to the green bond market with a €500 million ($618 million), six-year offering paying a coupon of 1.00%.
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Tideway completes £150m green private placement
13 April 2018London 'super sewer' developer Tideway has issued its third green bond, a £150 million ($214 million) private placement with an unnamed insurer.