Green bond funds double AuM in 12 months (Full table here)
Total assets under management (AuM) in green bond funds has more than doubled since July 2017, to $5.34…
Green Bonds,Investors
Results for IFC
Total assets under management (AuM) in green bond funds has more than doubled since July 2017, to $5.34…
Green Bonds,Investors
SEB observes ‘considerable’ slowdown in July issuance
Green Bonds
Renewables platform Lekela Power has reached financial close for the first ever utility-scale wind project…
Investors,Renewables
Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has invested, on behalf of unnamed clients, in a private placement…
Debt,Green Bonds,Renewables
Terna, the operator of the Italian electricity grid, has entered the green bond market for the first…
Green Bonds
A significant increase in the level of private finance being channelled into forest conservation is required in order to meet the aims of the Paris Agreement, a roundtable organised by Environmental Finance and Finance for Forests heard. Michael Hurley reports
KBC Group, a leading Belgian financial institution, has issued its first green bond – a five-year, €500…
Green Bonds
Frédéric Samama has been a key mover in the Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition, the creation of low-carbon indexes, and now the world's biggest green bond fund. He talks to Peter Cripps
Equity,Green Bonds,Investors,Stranded Assets
The International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) announced Foppe-Jan van der Meij of Actiam as its…
Green Bonds
Environmental Finance's Green Bonds Asia conference saw the agreement of a deal that could help drive growth in the region, writes Michael Hurley.
Green Bonds
DNB Boligkreditt, a subsidiary of Norwegian bank DNB, has raised €1.5 billion ($1.76 billion) from its…
Green Bonds
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and IFC have agreed a collaboration to grow the green bond…
Green Bonds,Investors
DTE Electric, an electricity utility based in Detroit, Michigan, has entered the green bond market with…
Green Bonds
At least $28 billion of new green bonds were issued in the first three months of 2018, according to preliminary data from the Environmental Finance Green Bonds Database.
Green Bonds
The IFC has encouraged emerging market countries to follow Fiji in issuing a green bond, as it publishes…
Green Bonds,Investors
The world's biggest green bond fund was officially launched today, having raised $1.42 billion to buy…
Green Bonds
Legal & General Capital (LGC) has recruited former RBS group treasurer John Cummins as its managing director…
People
Sovereign issuers gave a major boost to the green bond market in February, with inaugural issues from Belgium (€4.5 billion) and Indonesia ($1.25 billion) and a repeat issue from Poland (€1.0 billion).
Green Bonds
There is an increasing awareness that natural capital can no longer be taken for granted, and can lead to a better understanding of both risks and opportunities, argues James Hulse
Investors
The value of European-domiciled green bond funds grew to €2.8 billion ($3.4 billion) at the end of 2017,…
Green Bonds
Fixed Income and ESG, featuring the Green Bonds Europe conference
Green Bonds Asia
Water: Risk, Opportunity and Sustainability 2018
Green Bond Symposium: Financing America's Fight Against Climate Change
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
Is managed decline the only way?