Green bonds round-up, 17 October 2018
German commercial bank Berlin Hyp has raised €500 million ($578 million) from its third green Pfandbrief.…
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German commercial bank Berlin Hyp has raised €500 million ($578 million) from its third green Pfandbrief.…
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Jason Perez has joined California Public Employees' Retirement System's (CalPERS) board of administration,…
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Getlink said its inaugural green bond had been "comfortably oversubscribed", helping it raise €550 million…
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The European Commission’s proposed taxonomy on sustainability activities should not be misconstrued as…
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NGO ShareAction has published a list of climate-related themes on which investors can engage banks.
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The Asian Development Bank has issued a $750 million green bond – its first benchmark transaction denominated…
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Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) has returned to the green bond market with a €500 million ($578…
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Barclays has expanded its green banking team with a new employee and an appointment. Victoria Land (maiden…
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While sustainable finance hasn't reached the core business of Germany's financial institutions, the topic…
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Bank Australia has raised AUD125 million ($92 million) from its inaugural sustainability notes.
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The French government has further underlined its commitment to green bonds with the launch of a €5 billion…
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The C$189.5 billion ($144.3 billion) Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has committed to invest C$200 million…
Investors
Green and sustainability loans are the hot new trend in sustainable finance. Could they outgrow the booming green bond market, ask Nick Roumpis and Peter Cripps.
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Jane Ambachtsheer has left her role at consultancy giant Mercer to join BNP Paribas Asset Management…
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Terna, the operator of the Italian electricity grid, has entered the green bond market for the first…
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A scenario-based approach to help banks estimate the climate-related physical risks in their loan portfolios…
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) has regained the title of leading underwriter in the green bond…
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A consortium of 15 banks has signed a deal with AccorHotels to link the interest rate on a €1.2 billion…
Debt
KBC Group, a leading Belgian financial institution, has issued its first green bond – a five-year, €500…
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Conservation finance may appear to be one of the most esoteric investment niches, but experimentation and innovation is giving way to proof of concept – attracting a growing number of institutional investors along the way. Mark Nicholls reports
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