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SEB gears up to launch inaugural green bond
02 February 2017Swedish investment bank SEB is gearing up to issue a euro-denominated green bond.
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RINs market suffers as EPA delays new regulations
02 February 2017The price of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) has dropped to a one-year low after the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would delay the implementation of regulations finalised at the end of the Obama administration.
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Best performing funds of 2016: KBI Institutional Water Fund A (€)
02 February 2017A strong performance in 2016 is likely to be followed by "another good year" for KBI's Institutional Water Fund A (€), senior portfolio manager Matt Sheldon tells Graham Cooper
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Green bond round up - 1 February 2017
01 February 2017The New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust has issued its third green bond in three years, raising $106.344 million.
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EF BRIEFS: EOS, UBS
01 February 2017EOS Investment Management (IM) has acquired a 40MW renewable energy portfolio in Italy for €140 million ($150.2 million)
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Green bond comment January: Vive la France
01 February 2017The green bond market has made a strong start to 2017, with some $10.5 billion of issues having settled in January. This compares with $7.8 billion in January the previous year, according to figures from Environmental Finance's green bond database.
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Deutsche to stop financing for new coal projects
01 February 2017Deutsche Bank has committed to not provide financing for new coal-fired power plants and new 'greenfield' thermal coal mines.
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KfW identifies energy efficiency as a major financing theme
01 February 2017German development bank KfW financed some €20.7 billion ($22.3 billion) of energy efficiency projects last year, out of total commitments of €81 billion.
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Green growth is the deal of the century. Will the Dealmaker-in-Chief realise it?
01 February 2017If Donald Trump really wants to 'get America winning again', he ought to seize opportunities presented by the transition to a low-carbon economy, argues Fenella Aouane.
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CBI's green bond themes to look out for in 2017
31 January 2017More sovereign issuance and harmonisation of standards are two of the themes set to shape the green bond market in 2017, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).