News

• Green bonds round-up, 1 August 2018

  01 August 2018

  Moody's Investors Service has lowered its expectations for green bond issuance this year, in light of slower growth in the first six months.

• Daiwa launches solar fund

  01 August 2018

  Daiwa Securities Group has launched the Daiwa GI Green Fund, called the "Solar Fund", with a committed capital of totally ¥5 billion.

• Greenalia agrees €125m loan for biomass plant

  01 August 2018

  Spanish firm Greenalia has agreed a loan worth €125 million ($146 million) to finance its biomass electric power production plant.

• Impax attracts £286m from UK wealth manager

  01 August 2018

  Impax Asset Management has been selected by UK wealth manager St James's Place to manage its £286 million ($376 million) Sustainable and Responsible Equity fund.

• Carbon is 'most suitable metric for smart beta ESG'

  01 August 2018

  Investors deemed carbon as the most suitable environmental, social, governance (ESG) metric for inclusion in a smart beta investment strategy, according to a study. Seventy-four percent of investors selected carbon as being suitable for inclusion into smart beta, followed by other ESG metrics like water (21%), waste (20%) and gender diversity (18%).

• UK seeks £400m EV fund manager with eye on lost EIB funding

  31 July 2018

  The UK ‘will be prepared’ for the European Investment Bank (EIB) to pull funding for clean energy infrastructure projects, the country’s government has suggested.

• Rabobank and EIB expand 'impact loan' programme to €600m

  31 July 2018

  Rabobank is to make an additional €250 million ($293 million) available to 'environment-conscious' companies in the Netherlands, in the form of 'impact loans' with preferential interest rates.

• Italian solar energy platform RTR sold for €1.3bn

  30 July 2018

  UK-based private equity investment firm Terra Firma has agreed to sell Italy's leading independent solar energy company, RTR, to F2i.

• EU carbon update, 30 July 2018

  30 July 2018

  Further gains in EUA prices are the most likely outcome this week, as auction volumes fall sharply, says Louis Redshaw.

• France plans further €5bn of green bonds for transport projects

  30 July 2018

  The French government has further underlined its commitment to green bonds with the launch of a €5 billion ($5.9 billion) 'green Euro medium term note programme' to finance transport projects in the greater Paris region