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Green bond round-up, 9 May
09 May 2018BBVA has tapped the green bond market with the largest ever green bond issue by a Eurozone financial institution.
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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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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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Regulations likely to boost pricing of green bonds, say experts
20 March 2018Regulatory 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.
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2018 'set to be another record year' for the green bond market
26 January 2018The green bond market is set for another record-breaking year of issues in 2018, according to an online poll conducted by Environmental Finance.
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Green bond round-up, 17 January 2018
17 January 2018Swedish bank SEB expects 2018 will be "a year of consolidation and more modest growth" for green bond issuance than in 2017, with potential to grow 12% year-on-year, to $175 billion.
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Environmental Finance Green Bond Awards open for entries
10 January 2018Green bonds saw another year of record growth and Environmental Finance is calling for entries for its annual Green Bond Awards to honour the market leaders.
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€2.8bn infra fund attracts broad pension fund investment
29 December 2017Danish fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has raised €2.8 billion ($3.35 billion) in a sixth close of its third energy fund, with investment largely from European pension funds.
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European banks focus on green tagging to drive energy efficiency
15 December 2017Green tagging is emerging as a key strategy for leading European banks looking to scale up financing of energy-efficient real estate, a report has found.