Archive

  • Kommuninvest issues largest ever SEK green bond

    19 October 2016

    Swedish public sector lender Kommuninvest has priced the largest ever Swedish krona green bond, raising some SEK5 billion ($570 million).

  • BlackRock refinances UK wind portfolio with ING

    17 October 2016

    BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, has secured a £55 million ($67 million) long-term debt facility from ING to refinance five operational wind farms in the UK.

  • Axa IMRA expands forestry portfolio with €21.5 million purchase

    13 October 2016

    Axa Investment Managers - Real Assets (Axa IMRA) has acquired a 958-hectare forest in France, known as Domaine de Saint Augustin, for €21.5 million ($23.7 million).

  • EF BRIEFS: Doughty Hanson, LM Wind Power, GE; Impax AUM

    12 October 2016

    Doughty Hanson, a UK-based private equity firm, has agreed to sell its stake of about 97% in LM Wind Power, a leading maker of rotor blades for wind turbines, to GE of the US.

  • Infrastructure investors 'still not reporting environmental metrics'

    12 October 2016

    Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are being increasingly incorporated into infrastructure investment, but environmental data is still not being widely reported.

  • Insuring in a changing climate

    10 October 2016

    A year after the PRA's landmark report into the insurance sector and climate change, Environmental Finance looks at how the industry is responding.

  • EF BRIEFS: Mexico City green bond, Brookfield AM

    03 October 2016

    A $2 billion dual-tranche green bond issued by Mexico City, to help finance its proposed new international airport, (LINK) attracted $13 billion of interest from more than 300 investors.

  • Profile: Jupiter's multi-asset Ecology fund takes a bite out of Apple

    30 September 2016

    Jupiter Asset Management's new multi-asset Ecology fund will allow it to invest in a broader range of companies than before, the asset manager tells Hamza Ali.

  • TerraForm Power settles with Appaloosa as it gears up for sale

    29 September 2016

    US yieldco TerraForm Power (TERP) has settled a long standing legal battle with hedge fund Appaloosa Management.

  • First fund tracking innovative resource efficiency index launches

    07 September 2016

    An innovative index that comprises companies that are efficient in relation to the consumption of energy, food and water (EFW) has licensed its first fund.