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MS&AD plans to launch ¥10bn sustainability bond fund
18 March 2019Japanese insurance group MS&AD plans to launch a sustainability or green-themed bond fund with a target size of ¥10 billion ($90 million) in 2019, Environmental Finance has learned.
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$2.3trn of Asian investors join Climate Action 100+
23 October 2018Asian investors with a combined $2.3 trillion in assets have signed up to engagement initiative Climate Action 100+.
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Green bond funds launched in 2015 are worth nearly €600m
14 January 20162015 was big year for green bond funds, with nine new funds launched during the year, now boasting a combined value of €599 million ($651 million), according to figures compiled by Environmental Finance.
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Four new green bond funds expected
30 November 2015Four new dedicated green bond funds are rumoured to be in the pipeline, according to a report by the French investment bank Natixis.
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KfW completes its 2015 green bond programme with $1bn issue
11 November 2015German development bank KfW has priced a $1 billion, five-year, green bond, making it the biggest issuer in the market this year.
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Mirova launches €65m green bond fund
12 June 2015Mirova has launched a €65 million ($73 million) green bond fund – the biggest of its kind to date.
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Insurers see the gold in green
14 May 2015Green bonds are looking increasingly attractive to insurance companies which want to meet their risk and return objectives while producing a positive environmental or social impact. But there are concerns about the definition and capacity of the market, as Mark Nicholls explains
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World Bank launches its biggest US dollar green bond
20 February 2015The World Bank, through its International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, has issued its largest US dollar-denominated green bond, raising $600 million.
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Green bonds reach the tipping point
22 July 2014A surge of corporate issues is supporting a bullish mood in the environmental bond market, says Graham Cooper
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Kinnersley launches fixed income firm after leaving Nikko
27 June 2014Stuart Kinnersley, formerly chief investment officer at Nikko Asset Management has left the firm after 16 years to set up a new company with Stephen Fitzgerald, a former head of Goldman Sachs Asset Management.