News

• EF BRIEFS: AXA IM, Impax, Pattern Energy

  07 July 2016

  AXA Investment Managers has made the first in a series of hires as part of plans to bolster its responsible investment (RI) team.

• KGAL to launch fourth renewables fund

  07 July 2016

  Asset manager KGAL is launching its fourth Enhanced Sustainable Power Fund (ESPF 4), which aims to raise €500 million ($550 million).

• Chinese bank issues largest international green bond

  06 July 2016

  One of China's largest state-owned commercial banks has issued the largest green bond to date in the international markets.

• Pension giant 'eyes FTSE Russell's new Low-Carbon Economy model'

  06 July 2016

  One of the world's largest pension schemes is gearing up to reallocate 25% of its equities portfolio into FTSE Russell's new Low-Carbon Economy (LCE) model, it was claimed today.

• EF BRIEFS: Invenergy, RGGI

  06 July 2016

  Chicago-based clean energy company Invenergy Wind has completed the project financing for its 74.8MW Roncevaux wind farm in Quebec.

• EU is 'considering its own version of France's energy transition law'

  06 July 2016

  The EU is considering its own version of France's ground-breaking energy transition law, it was claimed today.

• Mirova closes its third renewable energy fund at €350m

  05 July 2016

  Mirova, the responsible investment arm of France's Natixis Asset Management, has closed its renewable energy fund, Mirova-Eurofideme 3, after securing commitments amounting to €350 million ($388 million), way above its initial target of €200 million.

• Resonance raises $300m for water fund

  05 July 2016

  Resonance Asset Management has announced the third close of its Industrial Water Infrastructure fund, having raised $300 million from six institutional investors.

• Green bond issuance hits record high in Q2

  05 July 2016

  More than $18 billion of labelled green bonds were issued in the three months to 30 June, a record level of issuance for a single quarter, according to data collected by Environmental Finance.

• EF BRIEFS: Pattern Energy, Coal India, Quercus

  04 July 2016

  US yieldco Pattern Energy is to buy the 324MW Broadview wind power facility in New Mexico and an associated 35 mile transmission line from Pattern Development, its main shareholder, for $269 million.