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NIB returns to green bond market with 'benchmark' issue
02 June 2016The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is to return to the green bond market with a €500 million ($561 million) issue in the next few days, Jens Hellerup, head of funding at the Helsinki-based bank, told Environmental Finance.
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EF BRIEFS: FSB, Axis Bank, EIB, Stockholm, Canadian Solar, GRI, BP
23 May 2016The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has appointed nine more members to its new Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.
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EF BRIEFS: San Francisco water bond, Capital Stage, NextEnergy, Vestas
20 May 2016The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) has become the first entity to issue a green bond certified under the Water Climate Bonds Standard, coming to market with a $240 million offering.
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EF BRIEFS: FSB, SPI Energy, TSKB, JLEN
11 May 2016The Financial Stability Board's Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures has extended its feedback period until the end of the month.
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BAML tops green bond underwriter's league table, but Chinese banks storm top five
11 April 2016Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) regained its title as the leading underwriter in the green bond market in the first quarter of 2016, although Chinese underwriters are now breathing down its neck.
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Initiative formed to boost emerging market green bond issues
11 April 2016A development agency and a bank have formed a "strategic alliance" to promote "exemplary" green bond issues in emerging markets.
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Setting the standard
30 March 2016As the market grows, so too does the number of companies and organisations 'defining' what is acceptable as a green bond. Sophie Robinson-Tillett looks at the patchwork of offerings and how they are set to develop
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NWB Bank prices $1bn, 10-year green bond
21 March 2016Dutch public sector lender Nederlandse WaterschapsBank (NWB) has returned to the green bond market, after pricing its first dollar-denominated transaction.
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Advanced Topics in Green Bonds: Minimising Risks
22 February 2016There are numerous risks that investors need to be aware of when buying green bonds, argues Philip Ludvigsen
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Cicero ends second opinion exclusivity deal with SEB and HSBC
12 February 2016The Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, (Cicero) hopes to provide second opinion for a greater number of green bond issuers, after ending its exclusivity agreement to work with the clients of SEB and HSBC.