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  • BlackRock launches three impact funds

    14 October 2015

    BlackRock has launched three equity funds in response to "unprecedented demand for sustainable and impact investment solutions".

  • Reservoir Capital to raise $1m in private placement

    14 October 2015

    Vancouver-based renewable energy developer Reservoir Capital has revealed plans to raise up to $1 million in a private share placement.

  • ABC green bond four times oversubscribed

    14 October 2015

    Agricultural Bank of China has become Asia's largest green bond issuer, with an inaugural $995 million offering that was four-times oversubscribed.

  • Hannon Armstrong plans $100m equity raise

    14 October 2015

    Clean energy investor Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) is planning to issue a further $100 million of equity.

  • Vermont issues $28.5m green bond

    13 October 2015

    The State of Vermont has become the latest in a series of US municipals to tap the green bond market this month, after it issued $28.5 million of notes.

  • Bangladesh Bank to invest in green bonds

    13 October 2015

    Bangladesh Bank plans to invest part of its foreign exchange reserve in green bonds, making it the first central bank to do so, according to local reports.

  • UK GIB raises further £335m for offshore wind fund

    13 October 2015

    The UK Green Investment Bank's (GIB) offshore wind fund has reached £818 million ($1.25 billion) of capitalisation as its reaches second close – making it the country's largest ever renewables fund.

  • Vigeo and Eiris merge

    13 October 2015

    Sustainability analysts Vigeo and Eiris are to merge in a bid to better compete in a "fiercely competitive" market.

  • FTSE and Johannesburg Stock Exchange launch responsible investment indexes

    12 October 2015

    Index heavyweight FTSE Russell has launched a series of responsible investment indexes in partnership with the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE).

  • French renewables firm secures €100m in private equity financing

    12 October 2015

    Paris-based Eren Renewable Energy has secured approximately €100 million in equity financing from a consortium of four investors.