Green bonds round-up, 14 November 2018
Netherlands-based ING Group has completed a dual-tranche green bond worth $2.96 billion, making it the…
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Netherlands-based ING Group has completed a dual-tranche green bond worth $2.96 billion, making it the…
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The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), part of the World Bank Group, has issued…
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Total green bond issuance has smashed through the $500 billion barrier, marking a significant milestone…
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German utility EnBW has raised €500 million ($573 million) from its inaugural issue on the green bond…
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Royal Schiphol Group, the owner of Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, has priced a green bond worth €500 million…
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German commercial bank Berlin Hyp has raised €500 million ($578 million) from its third green Pfandbrief.…
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The Church of Sweden Pension Fund applies strict fossil fuel exclusion criteria to its investments and allows scope for a relatively large tracking error in its pursuit of sustainable returns. Carl Cederberg, the fund's CEO, explains why to Michael Hurley
ESG,Equity,Investors
The Asian Development Bank has issued a $750 million green bond – its first benchmark transaction denominated…
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued its inaugural Sustainability Awareness Bond (SAB), the…
Green Bonds,Investors
German real estate bank, Deutsche Hypothekenbank, has issued its second €500 million ($580 million) green…
Martin Porter and Ursula Woodburn have been appointed to senior roles in Cambridge Institute for Sustainability…
People
A lack of size, diversification and awareness are among the main challenges facing the fledgling green bond market, a poll of fund managers has revealed. Molly Wilson reports
Debt
SEB observes ‘considerable’ slowdown in July issuance
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The Nordic countries are in the vanguard of the green bond market, leading the march in areas such as impact reporting. Michael Hurley asks what lessons the rest of the world can learn
ESG,Green Bonds,Investors
A steering group has been assembled to guide the launch of the UK's Green Finance Institute.
Policy
Spanish utility Iberdrola has returned to the market with its tenth green bond. The €750 million deal…
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KBC Group, a leading Belgian financial institution, has issued its first green bond – a five-year, €500…
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A range of European pension funds and family offices have invested in the SUSI Energy Storage Fund (SESF),…
Investors,Renewables
The UK will set up a Green Finance Institute (GFI) in London, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond…
Policy
Green Equities 2018
Green Bonds Americas 2018
Fixed Income and ESG, featuring the Green Bonds Europe conference
Green Bonds Asia
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?