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Green bond round-up, 30 January
30 January 2019Spanish telecommunications company Telefonica has made its debut in the green bond market, raising €1 billion in a five-year deal. It claims this is the first bond from an issuer in the telecoms sector.
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Green bonds round-up, 1 August 2018
01 August 2018Moody's Investors Service has lowered its expectations for green bond issuance this year, in light of slower growth in the first six months.
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India's EXIM offers to take currency risk on behalf of green bond issuers
01 July 2016The Export-Import Bank of India (Exim) has offered to use its balance sheet strength to take currency risk on behalf of Indian green bond issuers.
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Could green bonds revitalise the CDM?
03 June 2016Plans are being developed to use the green bond market to breathe new life into the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a UN tool to channel climate finance to developing countries.
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Kexim prices second green bond
03 February 2016The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Kexim) has issued an almost three-times oversubscribed $400 million green bond.
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Green bond market to see at least $55bn of issues in 2016, says HSBC
27 January 2016The green bond market will notch up another year of solid growth, according to analysts at HSBC, who predict between $55 billion and $80 billion of issues in 2016.
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Why the green bond market was 'half full' in Q1
08 April 2015Negative stories make eye-catching headlines. So, it was tempting to go into 'tabloid mode' after our figures showed that issues of green-labelled bonds slowed in the first quarter.
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Green bond growth slows in Q1, but players remain bullish
08 April 2015The green bond market saw some $8.7 billion of issues in the first quarter of 2015, meaning its rate of growth has slowed since last year.
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Exim India's $500m green bond more than 3-times oversubscribed
25 March 2015The Export-Import Bank of India (Exim India) has issued the first dollar-denominated green bond out of India.
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Sustainable investment mandates set to grow in Asia, bolstered by green bond market
10 December 2014Investment mandates addressing climate change in Asia are expected to become "more important" over the next two years, say investors in the region.