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ERAFP awards emerging market corporate bond mandate
24 January 2019French pension fund ERAFP has awarded a €160 million ($204 million) emerging market corporate bond mandate to Aberdeen Asset Management.
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African yieldco gets GIG-backed blended finance boost
17 January 2019The planned launch of an African renewables yieldco has been boosted with R1 billion ($72.8 million) in cornerstone investment from Investec and a UK-based public-private-partnership.
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People Moves: Gold Standard, Cicero, Investec AM and ShareAction
30 November 2018Yvo de Boer has been announced as new president-elect of the Gold Standard Foundation Board, replacing David Shelmerdine.
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Octopus in £174m refinancing of biomass and landfill gas portfolio
30 July 2018Octopus Investments has completed a £174 million ($230 million) refinancing of the largest independent portfolio of biomass and landfill gas projects in the UK.
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Steering group for Green Finance Institute announced
16 July 2018A steering group has been assembled to guide the launch of the UK's Green Finance Institute.
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Investec and CEFC buy into Australian wind and battery project
13 November 2017Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and Investec have together provided A$189 million ($145 million) of financing for a 212MW wind-plus-battery storage project in Australia.
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SDGs could create $12 trillion of additional value, say business chiefs
17 January 2017Aligning business models with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) could yield economic opportunities worth $12 trillion a year by 2030, according to an international group of CEOs and civil society leaders.
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Canada's OceanRock invests in sustainable agriculture fund
01 November 2016OceanRock Investments, a Canadian fund manager with some C$1.5 billion ($1.1 billion) under management, has made an investment of undisclosed size in Toronto-based venture capital firm InvestEco Capital.
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Greenko prices India's first high yield dollar green bond
11 August 2016Greenko has priced India's first dollar-denominated 'high yield' corporate green bond, with more expected to follow.
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EF BRIEFS: NESF, Vivint Solar, Mosaic
05 August 2016NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has launched the sixth and final tap of its share issuance programme launched last month, raising £5.8 million ($7.6 million).