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  • Abengoa prices share offering for yieldco

    16 January 2015

    Abengoa has said it plans to raise $285 million through a secondary offering of shares in its yieldco.

  • Green bond pioneer reflects on record-breaking year

    16 January 2015

    SEB held on to its position as top green bond underwriter in 2014. Christopher Flensborg tells Peter Cripps how he plans to remain a "thought leader" in the emerging market

  • Northland Power issues $150m of convertible notes for wind projects

    15 January 2015

    Northland Power has issued C$150 million ($126 million) of convertible notes to help fund its onshore and offshore wind investments.

  • SEB clings on to green bond underwriting crown for 2014

    15 January 2015

    Scandinavian bank SEB narrowly maintained its position as leading underwriter in the green bond market in 2014, new figures have revealed.

  • SolarCity lands $200m from Credit Suisse

    15 January 2015

    US solar installer SolarCity has tapped Credit Suisse for $200 million in what is expected to be the first of a wave of financings this year, to support the expansion of its customer loan business.

  • Expectations for 2015: Q&A with Stephanie Pfeifer of the IIGCC

    14 January 2015

    Investors hope the following year will see further progress on reforming the EU ETS and remain hopeful of a global deal in Paris

  • Green bond market "to grow by $100bn this year", after smashing records in 2014

    14 January 2015

    The green bond market more than tripled in 2014, according to figures from the Climate Bonds Iniative (CBI), which has maintained its prediction that it will see a further $100 billion of issues this year.

  • World Bank's retail green bond raises six times more than target

    14 January 2015

    The World Bank has smashed the target for it latest retail green bond by $76 million, and said that high demand from non-institutional investors reflects "an important development" in the market.

  • How can energy storage benefit from US incentives?

    13 January 2015

    The uptake of energy storage linked to renewables in the US has the potential to be boosted by tax law, argues Matt Ferguson

  • Northern Trust sees 11% rise in value of ESG portfolio

    13 January 2015

    The value of Northern Trust's assets under management (AUM) that integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies grew to $65 billion in December 2014, up from $58.5 billion at the same time the previous year.