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  • Profile: Peter Michaelis, Alliance Trust

    14 September 2015

    Alliance Trust put its faith in environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics when it promoted Peter Michaelis to take charge of its equities investments, in September 2014.

  • Banks agree to provide £1bn debt facility for London's 'super sewer'

    25 August 2015

    A debt facility of £1 billion ($1.6 billion) is being provided by six banks to the consortium of long-term investors that will finance and own a major new sewer to be built beneath the river Thames in London.

  • RWE invests in energy storage company Stem

    14 August 2015

    RWE has led a consortium of investors in the latest round of financing for intelligent energy storage company Stem.

  • Tool to help investors assess deforestation risks to portfolios

    31 July 2015

    Banks and investors are being urged to assess the risks to their portfolios from deforestation, using a new tool created by the UN.

  • SunEdison's Vivint Solar acquisition under fire over sale price

    21 July 2015

    Just one day after it was announced, SunEdison's $2.2 billion acquisition of Vivint Solar has come under scrutiny over the agreed sale price.

  • Biomass mini-bond issued

    20 July 2015

    A company that installs biomass boilers has secured funding for its portfolio of projects in a deal funded by a £4.8 million ($7.5 million) bond issue.

  • RET Capital makes its debut in wind with $239m financing deal

    15 July 2015

    Renewable Energy Trust (RET) Capital has branched out into the wind sector after closing a $238.6 million financing package for an operating site in California.

  • UK's early end to onshore wind subsidies could cost £900m/year

    30 June 2015

    The UK government's recent decision to end subsidies for new onshore wind energy farms from 1 April 2016 – a year earlier than originally announced – could cost about £900 million ($1.4 billion) a year, an influential advisory body has warned.

  • US REIT in $500m 'milestone' green bond

    26 June 2015

    A US real estate firm has issued a green bond in what underwriters say is a "milestone" for the country's corporate market.

  • NRG Yield increases fundraising to $907m

    25 June 2015

    Strong demand has allowed NRG Yield to expand its fundraising by $118 million.