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Voting begins in 14th annual Environmental Finance rankings
15 October 2013Voting has opened in the annual Environmental Finance market rankings – the largest and most closely watched survey of the world's environmental markets.
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Fixed income focus needed 'to scale up impact investing'
15 October 2013Impact investing companies should move away from its focus on private equity and offer more fixed income products to attract institutional investors, a conference has heard.
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Renewables supplier increases bond issue after strong demand
15 October 2013A UK renewable energy company may treble the size of its first ever corporate bond issue after exceeding its initial target.
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AfDB's $500m green bond snapped up by SRI investors, pension funds
11 October 2013The African Development Bank (AfDB) has issued a $500 million climate bond in an oversubscribed transaction which saw socially responsible investors buy most of the bond.
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UK GIB refinances Masdar's stake in largest offshore wind farm
11 October 2013The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) and four other lenders have invested £266 million ($425 million) to refinance Masdar's stake in the world's largest offshore wind farm.
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US, Chinese investors snap up convertible green bonds
09 October 2013Goldpoly New Energy Holdings, a Chinese solar energy company, has successfully raised $50 million through the sale of convertible bonds to institutional investors.
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JP Morgan, BoAML, Goldman Sachs 'most active' green bond underwriters
26 September 2013JP Morgan, Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoAML) and Goldman Sachs are the most active underwriters of environmental bonds, a new league table has revealed.
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Transparency drive aims to boost demand for $500m green bond
25 September 2013The African Development Bank will name the projects that receive funding from a planned $500 million green bond issue, and detail the carbon savings they generate, as it seeks to increase transparency for investors.
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Debt providers eye merchant waste-to-energy plants, says banker
18 September 2013Debt providers will increasingly consider investing in uncontracted waste-to-energy plants in the UK, as the number of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects being signed off is falling, according to an investor.
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Institutional investors snap up EBRD green bond
11 September 2013The latest 'environmental sustainability' bond from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has been bought by 14 institutional investors.