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  • NTPC prices first ever corporate green 'Masala' bond

    04 August 2016

    India's National Thermal Power Company (NTPC) has priced the first ever green 'Masala' bond from a corporate issuer, raising INR20 billion ($370 million).

  • Swiss Re unveils novel disaster insurance product for Chinese farmers

    03 August 2016

    Swiss 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.

  • ING increases sustainable lending by 16.7%

    03 August 2016

    Dutch 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.

  • Brexit - the implications for renewables

    03 August 2016

    On 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

  • EF BRIEFS: Trina Solar, Aurora

    02 August 2016

    Trina Solar, a leading maker of solar photovoltaic modules, has entered into a 'definitive agreement' with a consortium of investors to take the company private.

  • Green bond market gets its first 'panda' issue

    02 August 2016

    A Hong Kong-based water company has issued what it claims is the first green 'panda bond'.

  • How do market players understand green bonds as different from infrastructure bonds?

    An analysis of the perceptions of players in the green bond market.

  • Latin American supranational debuts green bond

    02 August 2016

    A Latin American supranational bank has issued its first green bond, into the Uridashi market.

  • EF BRIEFS: Tesla, BNP Paribas, World Bank, NextEnergy

    01 August 2016

    Electric car company Tesla has agreed to buy SolarCity, a leading provider of small-scale solar energy installations for $2. 6 billion.

  • Aegon keen on green residential mortgage-backed securities

    01 August 2016

    Dutch 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.