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Gates takes €113m stake in Spain's FCC
22 October 2013Microsoft founder Bill Gates has bought a 6% stake in Spanish infrastructure and environmental services company FCC for €113.5 million ($155.9 million).
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Advanced biofuels maker gets $100m from Khosla, Gates
22 October 2013Khosla Ventures and Gates Ventures have, in two separate transactions, committed to invest a total of $100 million to help a US manufacturer of non-food biofuels to expand its production capacity.
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Green infrastructure needs $1trn/year from institutional investors, says OECD
21 October 2013Governments and policymakers are looking to pension funds, insurance companies and other institutional investors to provide up to $1 trillion a year for green infrastructure, says the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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Terra Firma to float '£1.5bn' Infinis
21 October 2013Private equity giant Terra Firma's Infinis Energy is set to become the latest renewables firm to tap the public markets after it announced plans for a float that could value the company at £1.5 billion ($2.4 billion).
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Abengoa could raise €500m as it lists on Nasdaq
17 October 2013Clean energy firm Abengoa could raise more than €500 million ($676.2 million) from investors as it prepares to list on the Nasdaq stock exchange.
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Pension funds voice frustrations over green infrastructure opportunities
16 October 2013Long-term investments in green infrastructure should be a natural choice for pension funds, but numerous barriers are preventing finance flowing at scale, a conference heard.
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Voting begins in 14th annual Environmental Finance rankings
15 October 2013Voting has opened in the annual Environmental Finance market rankings – the largest and most closely watched survey of the world's environmental markets.
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Fixed income focus needed 'to scale up impact investing'
15 October 2013Impact investing companies should move away from its focus on private equity and offer more fixed income products to attract institutional investors, a conference has heard.
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Renewables supplier increases bond issue after strong demand
15 October 2013A UK renewable energy company may treble the size of its first ever corporate bond issue after exceeding its initial target.
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Stranded assets: the divestment debate
14 October 2013There are calls for investors to reduce their exposure to fossil fuel stocks amid fears that their valuations will slump if politicians make good on their climate promises. But is now the right time to divest? Two institutional investors with contrasting views spoke to Environmental Finance