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NTPC prices first ever corporate green 'Masala' bond
04 August 2016India's National Thermal Power Company (NTPC) has priced the first ever green 'Masala' bond from a corporate issuer, raising INR20 billion ($370 million).
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Swiss Re unveils novel disaster insurance product for Chinese farmers
03 August 2016Swiss Re has agreed a reinsurance contract with China's Heilongjiang province and a local insurer, to protect farmers against financial losses caused by natural disasters.
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ING increases sustainable lending by 16.7%
03 August 2016Dutch lender ING Bank has increased its sustainability lending for the first half of the year to €27 billion ($30 billion), an increase of 16.7% compared to the same period last year.
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Brexit - the implications for renewables
03 August 2016On 23 June, the UK voted to leave the European Union. So what does Brexit mean for the renewable energy industry today, later this year, in 2018 and beyond? Steven McNab and Sarah-Jane Denton review the implications
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EF BRIEFS: Trina Solar, Aurora
02 August 2016Trina Solar, a leading maker of solar photovoltaic modules, has entered into a 'definitive agreement' with a consortium of investors to take the company private.
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Green bond market gets its first 'panda' issue
02 August 2016A Hong Kong-based water company has issued what it claims is the first green 'panda bond'.
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How do market players understand green bonds as different from infrastructure bonds?
An analysis of the perceptions of players in the green bond market.
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Latin American supranational debuts green bond
02 August 2016A Latin American supranational bank has issued its first green bond, into the Uridashi market.
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EF BRIEFS: Tesla, BNP Paribas, World Bank, NextEnergy
01 August 2016Electric car company Tesla has agreed to buy SolarCity, a leading provider of small-scale solar energy installations for $2. 6 billion.
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Aegon keen on green residential mortgage-backed securities
01 August 2016Dutch insurer Aegon has called for more supply of green residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) after investing €60 million ($67 million) in the world's first in May.