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Enel issues first green bond of the year
10 January 2017Italian utility Enel has issued the first green bond of 2017 – a €1.25 billion ($1.32 billion) inaugural offering.
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IIGCC appoints Damgaard Jensen new chair
10 January 2017The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has appointed PKA CEO Peter Damgaard Jensen as its new chair.
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France set to issue largest ever green bond
10 January 2017France is set to issue what is likely to be the largest ever green bond with its inaugural sovereign offering, Environmental Finance can reveal.
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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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2017 to see more complex green finance, says SICM
09 January 2017The coming year will see more complex financial green offerings and more environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues enter the world of fixed income products, according to one US-based investment firm.
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Green bonds critical to success of Paris Agreement, says HSBC
09 January 2017Continued growth of the green bond market "is a key pillar for the success of Paris Agreement implementation", say HSBC analysts in a new report.
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EU carbon market weekly update - 9 January 2017
09 January 2017After last week's 23% slump in the EU Allowance price, cold weather across much of Europe is likely to prevent further significant falls, despite the resumption of auctions, says Louis Redshaw
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Sale of UK's GIB not yet 'a done deal'
09 January 2017Press reports that the UK government has agreed to sell the Green Investment Bank (GIB) to Australian bank Macquarie may be premature, a source close to the negotiations has told Environmental Finance.
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Former PRI executive director joins UBS
09 January 2017Swiss bank UBS has recruited the founder and former head of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), James Gifford, as senior impact investing strategist.
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A response to the article: 50 Shades of green bonds - and 50 ways of assessing them
09 January 2017A recent feature in Environmental Finance explored the growing number of tools open to investors to help them judge the green credentials of green bonds. In this piece, Peter Ellsworth suggests five essential resources for cutting through the confusion.