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  • Fixed income investors need more ESG products, says Japan's GPIF

    20 April 2018

    Institutional 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.

  • Green bond round-up, 18 April 2018

    18 April 2018

    BNP Paribas has returned to the green bond market with a €500 million ($618 million), six-year offering paying a coupon of 1.00%.

  • Tideway completes £150m green private placement

    13 April 2018

    London 'super sewer' developer Tideway has issued its third green bond, a £150 million ($214 million) private placement with an unnamed insurer.

  • Ratings actions diverge for solar and wind sectors, says S&P

    13 April 2018

    Changes in credit ratings of solar energy projects have mostly been positive in recent years, thanks to "benign operational risks and lower-than-expected costs," said S&P Global Ratings in a research note.

  • Trucost expands coverage of Japanese firms

    10 April 2018

    Environmental data and analysis firm Trucost has extended its coverage of the Japanese market to include more than 1,500 companies.

  • Spanish infrastructure firm plans €750m issue of green notes

    05 April 2018

    ACS Servicios Comunicaciones y Energia (ACS SCE), a Spanish engineering and infrastructure company, plans to issue €750 million ($920 million) of green notes this month.

  • Regulations likely to boost pricing of green bonds, say experts

    20 March 2018

    Regulatory pressure for improved disclosure of environmental risks and opportunities is likely to improve the pricing of green bonds relative to comparable non-green bonds, according to two market specialists.

  • ISS expands ESG offering with Oekom acquisition

    15 March 2018

    Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) has continued to build out its capabilities in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) data arena, with the acquisition of Oekom Research, arguably the last of the independent second party opinion providers in the green bond market.

  • Green Bond Comment, February 2018

    07 March 2018

    Sovereign issuers gave a major boost to the green bond market in February, with inaugural issues from Belgium (€4.5 billion) and Indonesia ($1.25 billion) and a repeat issue from Poland (€1.0 billion).

  • NRW issues its largest sustainability bond

    07 March 2018

    The State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) has priced a €2.025 billion ($2.51 billion) sustainability bond – its largest ever.