News

• Province of Ontario prices second green bond

  26 January 2016

  The Canadian province of Ontario has priced a C$750 million ($523 million) green bond.

• Solactive launches low-carbon indexes

  26 January 2016

  Specialist index provider Solactive has launched a series of six low-carbon equity indexes, based on three geographical areas: Europe, the eurozone and the US.

• California insurance chief urges insurers to divest from coal

  26 January 2016

  Asset class risks rapid decline in value

• BSIF increases credit facility and buys six projects

  26 January 2016

  Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has purchased six UK solar farms, expanding its capacity of its portfolio by a third.

• Impax launches new fund

  26 January 2016

  Impax Asset Management has launched the Impax Environmental Leaders Ireland Fund.

• Third issue takes EIB through $1bn of green bonds in January

  25 January 2016

  The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued its third green bond of the year, taking it through the $1 billion mark, just weeks into 20

• EU carbon market weekly update - 25 January 2016

  25 January 2016

  The slide in the EU's carbon market continued last week, and with mixed indicators this week, a significant rebound looks unlikely, says Louis Redshaw.

• Kommuninvest set to issue benchmark green bond

  25 January 2016

  Swedish public sector lender Kommuninvest is gearing up to launch its inaugural green bond, a benchmark issue to help finance and refinance its green loan book.

• EF BRIEFS: Iberdrola, Munich Re, CoPower, Haringey Council Pension Fund, Swiss Re

  25 January 2016

  MEAG, the asset management arm of Munich Re, has bought a 27MW solar farm in the UK from BayWa r.e.

• New York launches $5bn clean energy fund, completes Green Bank funding

  25 January 2016

  A $5 billion fund to accelerate the use of clean energy in New York state and boost the area's resilience to extreme weather, has been launched by governor Andrew Cuomo.