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  • Extreme weather pushes Achmea into the red

    15 August 2016

    Dutch insurer Achmea has blamed 'supercell thunderstorms' for pushing it into a first-half loss.

  • Lansdowne to launch 'long-only' renewable energy fund

    15 August 2016

    Lansdowne, one of the UK's largest hedge fund group, is planning to launch a 'long-only' renewable energy fund.

  • Macquarie and Danish pension fund to own giant biomass plant

    15 August 2016

    Australian banking group Macquarie and Danish pension fund PKA are joining forces to buy what is claimed to be the world's largest dedicated biomass power plant.

  • Upholding a duty to ESG investing

    15 August 2016

    NN's chief investment officer Jelle van der Giessen on investing responsibly in tough economic times. Asa Gibson reports

  • People Moves

    12 August 2016

    Farnam Bidgoli head of Sustainalytics' sustainable bond practice in Europe, has stepped down to complete her post graduate studies in Toronto.

  • Investors raise €1.6bn for offshore wind

    12 August 2016

    A group of investors, led by Partners Group, have raised approximately €500 million ($557 million) in equity and €1.2 billion in debt, for a 400MW offshore wind farm.

  • Industrial waste water fund reaches $320m final close

    12 August 2016

    A "first-of-its-kind" fund that invests in industrial water infrastructure has reached a $320 million final close, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Profile: Resonance's Industrial Water Infrastructure fund

    12 August 2016

    Capital is flowing into the first fund of its kind to invest in industrial water recovery projects, reports Peter Cripps

  • RGGI carbon market needs four key reforms, says research group

    11 August 2016

    Four key reforms to the US Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) market to ensure it continues to drive down power sector emissions and can attract more members, have been proposed by the Acadia Center, a research organisation.

  • Greenko prices India's first high yield dollar green bond

    11 August 2016

    Greenko has priced India's first dollar-denominated 'high yield' corporate green bond, with more expected to follow.