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  • Asset manager launches sustainable convertible bond fund

    07 February 2014

    A German asset manager has launched a convertible bond fund that will focus on sustainable investments.

  • SRI fund returns will weaken in 2014, says fund manager

    06 February 2014

    Socially responsible investment (SRI) funds will see lower returns in 2014 than last year, a fund manager has predicted.

  • Canadian fund manager buys £644m stake in world's biggest offshore wind farm

    03 February 2014

    A Canadian financial institution has signed an agreement to buy half of Dong Energy's stake in London Array, the world's largest offshore wind farm.

  • Agilitas invests in private UK waste management group Impetus

    30 January 2014

    Private equity group Agilitas has acquired an undisclosed stake in Impetus Waste Management, through its support of a management buyout led by managing director Ian Hunter.

  • Voting opens in EF's Deals of the Year awards

    29 January 2014

    Nominations are now open for the seventh annual Environmental Finance Deals of the Year awards.

  • Ingenious plans £160m fund IPO that will 'tap into energy efficiency opportunity'

    17 January 2014

    Ingenious today revealed plans to raise £160 million ($263 million) by listing a fund that invests in both renewables and energy efficiency, as its sponsor claimed the strategy could outperform rivals that focus on a single technology.

  • Resonance buys four wind farms as HgCapital fund exits UK investments

    13 January 2014

    Alternative asset manager Resonance has snapped up four wind farms in a move that has allowed the first renewables fund set up by HgCapital to exit its UK investments.

  • Ambienta environmental fund reaches €200m second close

    10 January 2014

    Italian private equity fund Ambienta has raised €200 million ($273 million) for its second fund focused on environmental technologies.

  • Investors buy stake in clean cookstove company

    10 January 2014

    A carbon project developer that focuses on the distribution of fuel-efficient cookstoves in Africa has attracted new investors.

  • Swiss utility buys stake in German offshore wind project

    09 January 2014

    A Swiss utility has acquired a stake in the planned Butendiek offshore wind farm from its developer.