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  • Bank issuance helps green bond market gather steam in Q2

    01 July 2015

    A raft of issues from private banks helped the green bond market gather pace in Q2 after a slow start to the year.

  • Strong growth in green bond market expected in H2

    23 June 2015

    Investors and underwriters are confident the green bond market will show healthy growth this year, thanks to increased issuance from corporates, municipalities and emerging economies, and a maturing market infrastructure.

  • Centerbridge's oversubscribed green bond helps it buy Senvion

    01 May 2015

    Centerbridge Partners has completed its acquisition of wind turbine maker Senvion after raising €400 million ($440 million) through a green bond that was nearly twice oversubscribed.

  • Green bond growth slows in Q1, but players remain bullish

    08 April 2015

    The green bond market saw some $8.7 billion of issues in the first quarter of 2015, meaning its rate of growth has slowed since last year.

  • Second edition of Green Bond Principles 'will boost transparency'

    27 March 2015

    The Green Bond Principles (GBPs) have been redrafted in a move designed to boost transparency and clarity to help underpin the fledgling market's rapid growth.

  • A review of the green bond market in 2014

    18 December 2014

    The green bond market trebled in size in 2014 - but who were the big winners and can the breakneck speed of expansion continue, asks Peter Cripps

  • Hartford plans $140m green bond

    24 October 2014

    The Metropolitan District of Hartford, Connecticut (MDC) is planning to issue a $140 million green bond to help fund a programme to upgrade its waterways.

  • Bond investors ponder fifty shades of green

    12 August 2014

    Recent green bond issues have attracted mainstream as well as committed 'socially responsible' investors. But their views on what qualifies as 'green' can differ dramatically, as Graham Cooper reports

  • Green bonds reach the tipping point

    22 July 2014

    A surge of corporate issues is supporting a bullish mood in the environmental bond market, says Graham Cooper

  • Green bond market on the verge of smashing $20bn mark

    13 June 2014

    The green bond market is on the verge of seeing issuance for 2014 smash through the $20 billion mark, according to NGO the Climate Bonds Initiative.