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Bonds round-up: BART, KfW, San Diego, Mitsui, IBRD, EDC, Ottawa
07 August 2019San Francisco BART raises $644m, KfW issues its first HK$ denominated green bond and more
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GPIF to buy ADB green bonds
07 August 2019The world’s largest pension fund has committed to purchase green bonds issued by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
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EU green bond standard ‘likely to kill’ second party opinions
07 August 2019The proposed EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) “is likely to kill the second party opinion format as we know it”, according to French investment bank Natixis CIB.
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Lombard Odier hires Kaminker
07 August 2019Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) has recruited Christopher Kaminker for the newly created role of head of sustainable investment research & strategy.
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Pimco looks to emerging markets for sovereign green bonds
06 August 2019Fixed income investment giant Pimco has encouraged international financial institutions (IFIs) to ramp up support for emerging market sovereigns to issue green bonds.
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Winners of Environmental Finance’s Sustainable Investment Awards revealed
06 August 2019The winners of Environmental Finance’s inaugural Sustainable Investment Awards have been announced.
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KGAL exits five Spanish solar farms
06 August 2019German investment manager KGAL has sold two solar farms in Spain to Helia Renovables II, a fund managed by Spanish renewables investor Plenium Partners Asset Management, and will sell a further three to it in the last quarter of the year. The price of the sales was not disclosed.
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EU GBS-compatible Climate Bonds Standard gets CBI sign-off
05 August 2019An updated version of the Climate Bonds Standard framework has been published that acts as a ‘universal adaptor’ for international green debt standards including the EU’s Green Bond Standard (GBS).
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The state of sustainable finance
05 August 2019How far have we come, and what more needs to be done? Michael Eckhart shares his reflections based on a career working in sustainable finance.
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Marfrig's sustainable cattle bond attracts new ESG investors
05 August 2019Beef producer Marfrig Global Foods was able to attract additional environmental, social and governance (ESG) investors for its $500 million Sustainable Transition Bond issued earlier this week.