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UPDATED: Index provider and carbon firm consult on green bond 'impact' ratings
11 April 2016An index provider and a carbon firm have joined forces to consult on a methodology for rating the 'green impact' of green bonds, Environmental Finance has learned.
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Macquarie and Santander get behind Foresight Solar Fund with £200m deal
11 April 2016London-listed Foresight Solar Fund has bagged £200 million ($285 million) of backing from Macquarie and Santander.
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EU carbon market weekly update - 11 April 2016
11 April 2016As predicted last week, carbon prices continued to rise as the week closed up a further 4.8% at €5.42 ($6.20 million).
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BAML tops green bond underwriter's league table, but Chinese banks storm top five
11 April 2016Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) regained its title as the leading underwriter in the green bond market in the first quarter of 2016, although Chinese underwriters are now breathing down its neck.
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AODP to rate asset managers, ratings agencies and others on climate risk
11 April 2016The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) will begin assessing ratings agencies and asset managers to help asset owners "hold their agents to account".
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Initiative formed to boost emerging market green bond issues
11 April 2016A development agency and a bank have formed a "strategic alliance" to promote "exemplary" green bond issues in emerging markets.
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Australian solar ABS set for launch
11 April 2016An Australian rooftop solar lender has announced plans to launch the country's first labelled green asset backed security (ABS).
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Corporates should overcome fears about green bond issuance
11 April 2016Disagreements as to whether green bond issuers should be environmentally friendly in all their operations could deter potential corporate issuers. But this would be a mistake, says Antonio Keglevich, head of green bond origination at UniCredit
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People Moves
08 April 2016The latest people moves, at Nordex, Handelsbank, SolarCity and more
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EF BRIEFS: AXA IM, Mytrah, SolarCity, Credit Suisse, BAML, SMA
08 April 2016AXA Investment Managers has been appointed to manage Big Society Capital's treasury portfolio "in line with its transformative social impact ambition".