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  • UniCredit launches European green bond ETF

    14 December 2018

    A subsidiary of Italian bank UniCredit has launched an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that will invest in green bonds from European issuers.

  • Green Bonds round-up, 12 December

    12 December 2018

    Swedish bank SEB has predicted that total green bond issuance could reach $240 billion in 2019, despite the market moving "sideways" this year.

  • Green bonds round-up - 24 Oct - 17 new deals

    24 October 2018

    Royal Schiphol Group, the owner of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, has priced a green bond worth €500 million ($576 million), making it the first European airport to issue green-labelled notes.

  • Masdar signs first green loan in Middle East

    10 October 2018

    Renewable energy company Masdar has signed a green revolving credit facility (RCF) with four banks to fund investments in its international clean technology and sustainable real estate projects.

  • ShareAction publishes recommendations for banking engagement

    27 September 2018

    NGO ShareAction has published a list of climate-related themes on which investors can engage banks.

  • EIB enters sustainability bond arena with ground-breaking issue

    06 September 2018

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued its inaugural Sustainability Awareness Bond (SAB), the first in a series that expands its labelled bond issuance programme beyond Climate Awareness Bonds (CABs).

  • Green bonds round-up, 5 September 2018

    05 September 2018

    German real estate bank, Deutsche Hypothekenbank, has issued its second €500 million ($580 million) green Pfandbrief.

  • People moves: AP3, ISS-Oekom, IETA

    10 August 2018

    Mårten Lindeborg, AP3’s CIO and deputy CEO, has passed away. The Swedish buffer fund announced yesterday that Lindeborg died after a short illness

  • Italian solar energy platform RTR sold for €1.3bn

    30 July 2018

    UK-based private equity investment firm Terra Firma has agreed to sell Italy's leading independent solar energy company, RTR, to F2i.

  • Green bonds round-up, 18 July 2018

    18 July 2018

    Terna, the operator of the Italian electricity grid, has entered the green bond market for the first time, with a €750 million ($872 million) offering maturing in July 2023.