Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • Berlin Hyp 'optimistic' of return to green bond market

    28 April 2016

    Berlin Hyp said it is "optimistic" about its prospects of issuing a follow-up green bond after boosting its 'cover pool' of eligible loans to more than €1 billion ($1.1 billion).

  • Investors urged to steer carefully around autos following Mitsubishi scandal

    20 April 2016

    Investors were warned to be wary of the automobile sector after another major manufacturer was embroiled in an emissions scandal.

  • Infinis to be sold 'in three chunks'

    18 April 2016

    Guy Hands is again trying to sell his UK renewables business, Infinis, and is understood to be prepared to break it up into three chunks to help flush out buyers, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Utility returns to green bond market, with benchmark issue

    15 April 2016

    A utility has returned to the green bond market, after pricing €1 billion ($1.1 billion) of notes, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Tell me more: a call for better disclosure on green bond impacts

    14 April 2016

    A consultation paper argues that assessing the impact of green bonds could lead to preferential pricing - but better reporting is needed first. Peter Cripps reports

  • Greencoat UK Wind plans £300m equity raise

    14 April 2016

    Greencoat UK Wind revealed plans to sell up to £300 million ($430 million) of shares over the coming year, as it eyes an "attractive" pool of assets that it expects to come up for grabs.

  • Initiative formed to boost emerging market green bond issues

    11 April 2016

    A development agency and a bank have formed a "strategic alliance" to promote "exemplary" green bond issues in emerging markets.

  • Impax reports strong growth in AUM

    08 April 2016

    Environmentally-themed investor Impax Asset Management has shrugged off market volatility to chalk up another "strong" quarter of growth in its assets under management (AUM).

  • Leading the charge

    05 April 2016

    The historic Paris climate change agreement has underlined what is arguably the biggest challenge faced by financial markets in a generation, says Peter Cripps

  • Acquisition makes NextEnergy Solar Fund 'biggest solar yieldco'

    05 April 2016

    NextEnergy Solar Fund has become the biggest solar operator of the UK-listed yieldcos, following a £97.9 million ($140 million) acquisition of five plants.