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  • Quotes of the quarter

    17 April 2015

    Environmental Finance takes a look back at some of the quotes that defined the first quarter of 2015.

  • 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.

  • World Bank's Kyte calls for 'more risk sharing' in green bond market

    27 March 2015

    Green bond investors need to stop relying on the balance sheets of large issuers and start sharing some of the risk, according to the World Bank's Rachel Kyte.

  • Green bond market poised for global expansion, says BAML

    16 March 2015

    Green bonds are set to expand into new regions this year, as the fast-growing market continues to mature, say analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML).

  • $204m green project bond issued in Peru

    23 December 2014

    A $204 million bond has been issued to support wind projects in Peru, in one of the continent's first green bond deals.

  • One year on from BAML's $500m green bond

    27 November 2014

    Bank of America Merrill Lynch's (BAML) $500 million issue in November 2013 made it, arguably, the first issuer of a corporate use of proceeds green bond.

  • 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

  • JP Morgan, BoAML, Goldman Sachs 'most active' green bond underwriters

    26 September 2013

    JP Morgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) and Goldman Sachs are the most active underwriters of environmental bonds, a new league table has revealed.