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Foresight Group boosts AUM by 28%
10 January 2017Foresight Group, a UK-based infrastructure and private equity investment manager, increased its assets under management by 28% to £2.3 billion ($2.8 billion) during 2016.
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COP22: The investors' verdict
06 January 2017World leaders at the conclusion of this year's UN Summit on Climate Change (COP22) agreed to accelerate both the implementation and the ambition of the Paris Agreement, despite headwinds brought on by the election of Donald Trump, reports Hamza Ali
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Italy's biggest renewables project bond is refinanced
04 January 2017Italian renewables developer Azienda Solare Italiana (ASI) has refinanced the country's largest renewable energy project bond as part of a "landmark" €131 million ($136 million) financing deal.
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NextEnergy Capital buys Italian solar portfolio
21 December 2016NextEnergy Capital has acquired a 16.6MW portfolio of six Italian solar farms for an undisclosed fee from Italian developer Veronagest.
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People moves - RobecoSAM, ANZ, ADE, Zevin, Stem
02 December 2016RobecoSAM has appointed Aris Prepoudis its new chief executive officer (CEO), replacing Michael Baldinger, who left to become head of sustainable and impact investing at UBS earlier this year.
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New shoots, old roots; the return of the yieldco
23 November 2016After a disastrous year in 2015, US yieldcos have seen their share prices rebound. Has the model turned a corner, asks Hamza Ali
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NextEnergy raises £115.3m through oversubscribed share issuance
21 November 2016UK yieldco NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has raised £115.3 million ($142.3 million) through the issuance of 110.3 million ordinary shares, exceeding its original target of 100 million shares.
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EF BRIEFS: Swedish real estate green bond; Greencoat equity raise
18 November 2016A Swedish real estate firm has returned to the green bond market with its third and largest offering, raising SEK700 million ($76 million).
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Sustainable investors see the bright side in the Trump shock
09 November 2016Sustainable investors are optimistic that Donald Trump's victory will not be as negative for their portfolios as many of the headlines suggest.
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NESF to double in size under share issuance programme
31 October 2016UK yieldco NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has been given the go ahead by shareholders to issue more than £350 million ($426 million) in shares over the coming year.