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Social bonds are a 'distraction' from green bonds
19 June 2017Social bonds are a 'distraction' from green bonds, as most mainstream investors are just getting used to the latter, Ulf Erlandsson, senior portfolio manager at Swedish pension fund AP4, told Environmental Finance's Green Bonds Europe Conference.
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Erlandsson leaves AP4 for Granit Fonder
15 May 2017Swedish asset management company Granit Fonder has hired Ulf Erlandsson as its new head of fixed income. He will take up his new post in August.
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Spanish oil company issues controversial green bond
10 May 2017Spanish oil company Repsol has issued a controversial €500 million ($543 million) green bond that will be partly used to fund energy efficiency projects in its oil and chemical refineries.
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Divesting bonds from high-carbon issuers 'would not sacrifice alpha'
16 March 2017Bond portfolios that divest issues from companies with high carbon footprints would not sacrifice significant alpha, research has suggested.
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Show me the green money!
22 August 2016Issuers of green bonds are increasingly seeking 'green investors'. But how to define a green investor, and why target them, asks Hamza Ali
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Revised GBPs get qualified welcome from investors
22 June 2016New guidance for issuers of 'social' bonds and 'pure-play' green bonds, in the latest version of the Green Bond Principles (GBPs), has been broadly welcomed by investors.
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The big debate: Are green bond funds the way forward?
08 June 2016As more investors look to buy green bonds, should they launch green bond funds or integrate them into mainstream portfolios?
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Green Bond comment - February
24 February 2016Could Apple's $1.5bn green bond be a game changer for corporate issuance?
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Apple takes $1.5bn bite out of green bond market
17 February 2016Corporate giant Apple has priced a benchmark-sized green bond, in a "tremendous boost" to the fledgling market's prospects for attracting corporate issuers.
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Growing the corporate green bond market
16 October 2015The enormous potential of companies to tap the green bond market has yet to be realised. Sophie Robinson-Tillett asks why