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  • Pimco launches global ESG investment platform

    19 January 2017

    Asset manager Pimco has launched a dedicated environmental, social and governance (ESG) global investment platform, offering a range of fixed-income solutions to investors.

  • EF BRIEFS: Ikea, Quercus, South Pole Group

    18 January 2017

    Swedish furniture company Ikea said it will not invest any of its £524 million ($638.8 million) green energy fund in the UK, as government policies have made it 'difficult'.

  • Poland turns to auctions to boost renewables capacity

    18 January 2017

    Grzegorz Filipowicz outlines recent changes to Poland's support scheme for renewable energy.

  • Train leasing company in world first green bond certification

    18 January 2017

    Luxembourg-based train leasing firm Alpha Trains, has become the first company of its kind to have a private placement bond certified green, after it raised €250 million (€266.5 million) from the US market.

  • Judges representing $3.75trn of AUM set to vote in this year's Green Bond Awards

    18 January 2017

    A heavy hitting field of investors, that collectively represent $3.75 trillion of assets under management (AUM), are set to judge Environmental Finance's annual Green Bond Awards this year.

  • Chinese green bond market to double as it targets foreign investors

    18 January 2017

    The Chinese green bond market is expected to double over 2017 as it looks to attract foreign investors, according to China Central Depository & Clearing (CCDC).

  • Middle East reveals cost of renewables ambitions

    18 January 2017

    Saudi Arabia plans to invest between $30 billion and $50 billion in renewable energy over the next 15 years, according to its energy minister Khalid al-Falih.

  • Green Bonds Round Up - 18 January 17

    18 January 2017

    Danish public sector lender KommuneKredit is gearing up to launch a benchmark-sized euro-denominated green bond in the second quarter of this year.

  • Allianz makes third US wind farm investment

    17 January 2017

    Allianz Capital Partners, the alternative asset manager of German insurer Allianz, has made its third tax equity investment in a US wind farm, with an undisclosed sum invested in the 184MW Kelly Creek project in Illinois.

  • Asset manager launches €500m renewables fund

    17 January 2017

    A fund that aims to invest €500 million ($535 million) in renewable energy assets, mostly in western Europe, has been launched by a London-based asset manager.