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  • Green bond round-up: BNP Paribas; NYSERDA; Nigerian first; Konan Ultra Power

    06 March 2019

    BNP Paribas has returned to the green bond market, with a €750 million ($850 million) transaction.

  • SCBC issues the biggest ever green bond in Swedish krona

    24 January 2019

    SCBC has issued the largest ever green bond in the Swedish krona market, raising SEK6 billion ($670 million).

  • Green bonds round-up, 17 October 2018

    17 October 2018

    German commercial bank Berlin Hyp has raised €500 million ($578 million) from its third green Pfandbrief. This takes the total green debt issued by the bank to €3 billion.

  • Nasdaq launches 'world-first' ESG index-based futures contract

    15 October 2018

    Nasdaq claims it has launched the world's first exchange-listed futures contract based on an environmental, social and governance (ESG) index.

  • Green bond round-up, 26 September 2018

    26 September 2018

    The Asian Development Bank has issued a $750 million green bond – its first benchmark transaction denominated in USD since August last year.

  • Green Bonds round-up, 27 June

    27 June 2018

    KBC Group, a leading Belgian financial institution, has issued its first green bond – a five-year, €500 million ($600 million) transaction that was three-times oversubscribed.

  • Green bond round-up, 30 May

    30 May 2018

    The Asia-Pacific green bond market is poised for significant growth, with some $600 billion of new issues expected over the next five years, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML).

  • 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%.

  • 'World's largest' green bond fund expands by one-third

    02 March 2018

    Swedish pension provider SPP's green bond fund has grown its assets by about one third in the past year, to SEK 3.7 billion ($462 million), as it achieved its three-year track record.

  • Green bonds round-up, 1 November 2017

    01 November 2017

    After recently establishing a green bond framework, the Nordic-Baltic banking group Swedbank has issued an inaugural €500 million green bond, which it claims is "the tightest unsecured print by some margin (by any bank) in more than a decade".