Archive

  • Profile: Peter Michaelis, Alliance Trust

    14 September 2015

    Alliance Trust put its faith in environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics when it promoted Peter Michaelis to take charge of its equities investments, in September 2014.

  • SunEdison in investment partnership with JP Morgan Asset Management

    09 September 2015

    SunEdison has formed a $300 million partnership with JP Morgan Asset Management to invest in solar energy projects in the US.

  • SolarCity's shares up 7% on back of new $400m fund

    03 September 2015

    SolarCity's announcement of a new $400 million fund has reversed months of falls in its share price.

  • Trillium launches second ESG mutual fund

    02 September 2015

    Trillium Asset Management has launched a second mutual fund, this time to invest in small and mid-cap companies with strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials.

  • NWB Bank issues largest SSA green bond of the year

    27 August 2015

    Dutch public sector lender Nederlandse WaterschapsBank (NWB) has issued a €1 billion ($1.13 billion) green bond – the largest euro-denominated transaction of this kind to come out of a supranational, sub-sovereign and agency (SSA) this year.

  • JP Morgan to sell stake in Indian wind developer for $225m, say reports

    19 August 2015

    JP Morgan Asset Management reportedly plans to sell its stake in Indian wind developer Leap Green Energy for up to $225 million.

  • SolarCity's ABS gets 'A' rating as it moves from S&P to Kroll

    14 August 2015

    The senior tranche of SolarCity's latest asset-backed security (ABS) (link 1) has received an A rating – higher than any of the company's previous issues.

  • Investors scale back UK offshore wind farm plans

    07 August 2015

    A consortium of private investors have scaled back significantly their plans to develop a major UK offshore wind farm.

  • Sunrun sees stock fall flat after successful float

    06 August 2015

    US rooftop solar firm Sunrun has seen its shareprice fall more than 20% since its IPO earlier this week.

  • People round-up

    05 August 2015

    A round-up of the latest new appointments and moves in the industry, including changes at SEP,Greentech Capital, The African Development Bank, the Solar Energy Industry Association, Statkraft and Good Energy