News

• NWB Bank prices $1bn, 10-year green bond

  21 March 2016

  Dutch public sector lender Nederlandse WaterschapsBank (NWB) has returned to the green bond market, after pricing its first dollar-denominated transaction.

• UBS sustainable ETFs 'to break through the £500m mark'

  21 March 2016

  Investments in UBS's sustainable exchange traded fund (ETF) business are expected to break through the £500 million ($720 million) barrier this year.

• EF BRIEFS: JLEN, Barclays, MUFJ, ACP

  18 March 2016

  UK infrastructure fund JLEN has acquired a solar park and extended its revolving credit facility to £65 million ($90 million).

• China trials green bond segment on Shanghai stock exchange

  18 March 2016

  China has made another move to develop its green bond market, launching a pilot initiative via the Shanghai stock exchange.

• Some US yieldcos 'to go bust', before sector becomes healthy

  18 March 2016

  The US yieldco market will likely become smaller before it returns to health, according to one market watcher.

• PRI calls on asset owners to reflect ESG in their investment beliefs

  17 March 2016

  Asset owners need to do more to reflect environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities in their investment beliefs and mandates, according to a report by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

• More than one third of investors see sustainability as 'critical' in real estate, says report

  17 March 2016

  Over a third of institutional investors consider sustainability to be "critical" when investing in property, according to a survey by the world's largest real estate investment manager.

• Reprieve for mandatory carbon reporting in UK budget announcement

  16 March 2016

  The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer heeded calls from investors not to scrap mandatory carbon reporting in his budget announcement, but was criticised for "forgetting the climate change" in the rest of his policies.

• EF BRIEFS: Senvion, Kommuninvest, BlackRock, IEA, Morgan Stanley, AMP Solar

  16 March 2016

  German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has scrapped plans to float on Friday, citing market volatility.

• The world's first debt swap to protect oceans is 'model for conservation'

  15 March 2016

  Africa's Seychelles has undertaken the "first ever debt swap aimed at ocean conservation and climate mitigation".