News

• UK's GIB launches £4bn privatisation in bid to double in size

  03 March 2016

  Two banks mandated for sale process

• Mats Andersson to step down as AP4 CEO

  02 March 2016

  Mats Andersson is to step down as the CEO of Sweden's AP4 pension fund, meaning the pension sector will lose one of its leading advocates for sustainability.

• EF BRIEFS: Aquila, NRW, Equitix, GIB, New York, Rhode Island, Indiana

  02 March 2016

  Aquila Capital has launched an infrastructure strategy with a focus on shorter-term investments.

• Andy Howard to head Schroders' sustainable research

  02 March 2016

  Andy Howard has joined Schroders, where he will be head of sustainable research, Environmental Finance has learned.

• EF BRIEFS: ESG disclosure, 1366, SolarCity, Ecofys and Generation Foundation

  01 March 2016

  Nasdaq's Nordic and Baltic exchanges have committed to step up requirements for environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure

• Philippines geothermal firm issues credit-enhanced green bond

  01 March 2016

  AP Renewables, a Philippines-based project operator and developer, has issued a PHP10.7 billion ($225 million) green bond, with backing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

• Jupiter mulls multi-asset class environmental fund

  01 March 2016

  Fund manager Jupiter is mulling launching a multi-asset environmentally-themed fund.

• 2016 'important year for batteries' but Wheb not yet ready to invest

  01 March 2016

  Sustainable investor Wheb Asset Management predicts that 2016 will be a "make or break" year for batteries, but says it's not yet ready to invest in the theme.

• EU carbon market weekly update - 29 February 2016

  29 February 2016

  EU carbon prices fell below €5 last week, and are still struggling for direction, writes Louis Redshaw

• EF BRIEFS: FrieslandCampina, NTR wind fund, Engie, Enel, ScottishPower, Wheb

  29 February 2016

  Dutch dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina has become the second issuer to issue a green Schuldschein – a type of German privately-placed debt instrument similar to a mid-term note.