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NN IP endorses dedicated green bond allocation for investors
22 August 2017Dutch asset manager NN Investment Partners has called on investors to dedicate a separate part of their portfolios to exclusively buy green bonds.
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Biomass plant in £150m refinancing
21 August 2017A UK biomass plant has completed a £150 million ($200 million) refinancing with a large, unnamed European institutional investor.
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EU carbon market weekly update - 21 August 2017
21 August 2017A mixed week for carbon as it spent time in both negative and positive territory before, as expected, ultimately ending the week flat at €5.40.
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Biomass firm buys 72MW of Green Investment Bank facilities
21 August 2017A 72MW portfolio of biomass and waste-to-energy facilities has been acquired from the Green Investment Bank (GIB) by renewables investment firm Bioenergy Infrastructure Group (BIG) for an undisclosed sum.
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CalPERS warns Elliott about short-termism on NRG
21 August 2017US pensions giant CalPERS has warned NRG Energy against short-termism as the independent power producer works with activist shareholder Elliott Advisors to implement its new transformation strategy.
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TCFD recommendations could improve credit rating process, says S&P
21 August 2017Increased corporate reporting of climate related risks – as called for by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) – should help S&P Global improve its credit rating process, the company said.
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Low-carbon fund doubles in size to £4bn
18 August 2017HSBC's UK pension fund has doubled its allocations to the award-winning, low-carbon Future World Fund to nearly £4 billion ($5 billion), Environmental Finance has learned.
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Macquarie completes acquisition of Green Investment Bank
18 August 2017The UK government must develop a new strategy for private sector investment after a Macquarie-led consortium completed its £2.3 billion ($2.96 billion) acquisition of the Green Investment Bank (GIB), according to a group of business leaders.
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People Moves: HSBC, MSCI
18 August 2017Farnam Bidgoli, Sustainalytics' former head of sustainable bonds in Europe, has been hired by HSBC to bolster the bank's efforts in the sustainability bond arena.
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Hannon Armstrong prices $135m of convertibles
18 August 2017Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) has priced a $135 million offering of convertible senior notes.