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News round-up: G7, TCFD and Monetary Authority of Singapore

Norway embraces TCFD

Euronext launches green bonds section

European stock exchange group Euronext is to launch a green bond section across its six markets, basing the initiative out of Dublin.

€2.8bn infra fund attracts broad pension fund investment

Danish fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has raised €2.8 billion ($3.35 billion) in a sixth close of its third energy fund, with investment largely from European pension funds.

Infra fund loans $61m to Texan wind project

A fund backed primarily by Scandinavian institutions has made a $61 million loan to an onshore wind project in Texas, after agreeing a partnership deal with its developer.

Infra fund backs £160m UK biomass plant

A fund backed by 19 institutions has invested in the construction of a £160 million ($210 million) biomass project in the UK.

Copenhagen city fund to divest from fossil fuels

Copenhagen's DKK6.9 billion ($1 billion) investment fund is to sell its holdings in fossil fuel companies, according to local press reports.

Oslo city pension fund divests from all fossil fuels

The City of Oslo's pension fund has pledged to divest all its holdings in fossil fuel companies. It claims it is the first local public pension fund to do so.

$2.2bn infra fund targeting renewables reaches financial close

One of the biggest infrastructure funds in Europe has reached financial close, securing DKK14.7 billion ($2.2 billion) from 19 investors in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the UK.

Green bonds 'can help achieve $100bn climate finance goal'

Green bonds have been named one of the four instruments available to financial institutions to help ramp climate finance up to its $100 billion a year target.