News

• People Moves: BlackRock, Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions, AP4, ING, Lightsource BP, European Investment Bank, IIGCC, DNCA Finance and FRC

  29 June 2018

  BlackRock has lost one of the leaders of its push into impact investing, Environmental Finance has learned.

• S&P expects 'significant' growth of green covered bond issues

  29 June 2018

  S&P Global Ratings sees a "significant" growth potential for the fledgling green covered bond market.

• NY Green Bank forges ahead with plans for $1bn fundraise

  28 June 2018

  The NY Green Bank has moved forward in its effort to raise at least $1 billion from private investors following the appointment of a strategic advisor.

• Green Bonds round-up, 27 June

  27 June 2018

  KBC Group, a leading Belgian financial institution, has issued its first green bond – a five-year, €500 million ($600 million) transaction that was three-times oversubscribed.

• 73% of German insurers' investments are 'sustainable'

  27 June 2018

  Almost half want to make more ESG allocations

• Japan Post Insurance is sole investor in World Bank's SDG bond

  27 June 2018

  Japan Post Insurance, a life insurance company within the Japan Post Group, was the sole investor in a sustainable development bond issued earlier this month by the World Bank.

• ESG factors increasingly relevant for fixed income investors

  27 June 2018

  Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are clearly relevant and material for fixed income investors, according to panellists at Environmental Finance's Fixed Income & ESG conference in London.

• Swiss energy storage fund reaches final close at €252m

  27 June 2018

  A range of European pension funds and family offices have invested in the SUSI Energy Storage Fund (SESF), helping it reach €252 million ($293 million) by its final close.

• France raises €4 billion from latest tap of Green OAT

  27 June 2018

  The French government has raised a further €4 billion in green finance from the latest tap of its pioneering green sovereign bond (OAT).

• Japan Bank for International Cooperation eyes ESG investments

  26 June 2018

  The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) wants to join "the global ESG movement" by investing in next generation infrastructure, according to incoming president Tadashi Maeda.