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  • Bamboo Capital sells Bolivia microfinance stake

    05 February 2021

    Bamboo Capital Partners has sold its stake in microfinance provider CONFIE to the Bolivian company's parent, FIE NGO.

  • Green Bonds round-up, 27 June

    27 June 2018

    KBC Group, a leading Belgian financial institution, has issued its first green bond – a five-year, €500 million ($600 million) transaction that was three-times oversubscribed.

  • Investors eye €1bn for European energy efficiency projects

    25 April 2016

    A network of investors is being put together to help channel more than €1 billion ($1.1 billion) to energy efficiency projects in the European property sector.

  • Moringa agro-forestry fund makes first investment

    29 January 2015

    Agro-forestry fund Moringa has made its first investment, forming a long-term partnership with "one of the largest coffee farms in Central America" to promote sustainable agriculture.

  • An inflection point for energy efficiency financing?

    29 January 2014

    There is a tangible sense of frustration at the slow progress being made in scaling up the European energy efficiency market. Traditional players need to learn from the more dynamic markets in the US, or risk being overtaken by rivals with new business models, argues Steven Fawkes