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EIB to ramp up energy efficiency lending
08 October 2013The first review of the European Investment Bank's energy lending policy for six years will allow it to boost lending to energy efficiency projects. Its head of environmental lending, Jonathan Taylor, spoke to Peter Cripps
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Coal assets to suffer most from fossil fuel 'divestment stigma'
08 October 2013Coal stocks are more vulnerable than oil and natural gas to the fossil fuel divestment movement, according to a new study which has called on investors to evaluate the "poorly understood and regularly mispriced" environmental risks in their portfolios.
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Swedish pension fund to reduce fossil fuel exposure in emerging markets
08 October 2013One of Sweden's largest pension funds is to invest in a new low-carbon equity fund to lower its emissions and fossil fuel exposure in emerging markets.
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Schroders launches fund to invest in cat bonds
08 October 2013Schroders Asset Management has launched a fund to invest in catastrophe (cat) bonds and other insurance-linked securities (ILS).
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Aviva buys UK solar assets from private equity group
08 October 2013Private equity group Zouk Capital has sold an 8.6MW portfolio of residential solar assets to Aviva Investors, the asset management division of insurance giant Aviva. The price was not disclosed.
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Impact investment fund exceeds £100m target
07 October 2013A leading UK impact investment fund has obtained equity commitments of £125 million ($201 million), well above its target of £100 million.
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Solar fund plans additional £175m investment in UK market
07 October 2013A leading solar energy fund expects soon to invest an additional £175 million ($282 million) in photovoltaic plants in the UK.
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Impact investing growth 'held back by investment advisers'
04 October 2013The growth of impact investing is being held back in part by advisers to institutional investors such as pension funds, experts have said.
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Boom in cookstove carbon credits as investors eye health and social benefits
03 October 2013The number of carbon credits sold from clean cookstove projects more than quadrupled in 2012, according to a report, in a further sign that 'charismatic' carbon credits are gaining popularity with investors.
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Plans for two of Africa's biggest wind farms advance
03 October 2013Ambitious plans to use renewable energy to help revolutionise Kenya's economy have been boosted by two significant break-throughs.