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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.

  • Rhode Island plans $56m green bond for water treatment

    01 July 2015

    The Rhode Island Clean Water Finance Agency plans to raise $56.345 million by issuing a green bond.

  • US REIT in $500m 'milestone' green bond

    26 June 2015

    A US real estate firm has issued a green bond in what underwriters say is a "milestone" for the country's corporate market.

  • Marymount University to issue $65.5m green bond

    26 June 2015

    Marymount University in Virginia is set to become the latest US academic organisation to launch a green bond, after it announced plans for a $65.5 million issue.

  • UK GIB to devise green bond rating system

    26 June 2015

    The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) is to devise a system to help rate green bonds and compare their environmental benefits.

  • Gothenburg's third green bond 'heavily oversubscribed'

    24 June 2015

    The City of Gothenburg has this week issued its third green bond.

  • 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.

  • Toyota issues $1.25bn asset-backed green bond

    19 June 2015

    Toyota has issued its second asset-backed green bond, this time for $1.25 billion.

  • Financials become biggest corporate green bond issuer

    19 June 2015

    Banks have emerged as the biggest corporate issuers of green bonds after a spate of issues this year helped the sector overtake utilities, according to a report.

  • Asia poised to recharge green bond market, says BAML

    19 June 2015

    Asia is set to kickstart the next wave of growth in the green bond market, say analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML), who identify six bonds in the pipeline.