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  • Trina share price falls as it offers $100m of convertibles

    30 September 2014

    Chinese solar giant Trina is to issue a second round of convertible notes, alongside a batch of American depositary shares (ADSs), prompting a fall in its share price yesterday.

  • Neil Woodford: incentives prevent long-term investing

    29 September 2014

    Neil Woodford, widely seen as the UK's most successful fund manager, has blamed the structure of incentive packages for preventing many fund managers from investing for the long-term.

  • SunEdison plans second yieldco

    29 September 2014

    SunEdison is planning its second yieldco, this time focussing on assets in Asia and Africa.

  • Norway's BKK launches NOK1.1bn hydro power bond

    29 September 2014

    Norwegian power company Bergenshalvoens Kommunale Kraftselskap (BKK) has issued the country's first corporate green bond.

  • Scatec drastically lowers price of shares in IPO

    29 September 2014

    Norwegian project developer and operator Scatec Solar has drastically lowered the price at which it hopes to sell its shares in its flotation.

  • EU non-financial reporting gets final go-ahead

    29 September 2014

    The European Council has adopted a directive that will require large companies to disclose information on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies along with their main financial reports.

  • New York City set to be 'first US city' to launch green bond programme

    29 September 2014

    New York City expects launch a green bond programme, following in the footsteps of Ontario and Gothenburg.

  • MIT issues $370m green property bond

    29 September 2014

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has issued a $370 million green bond to allow it refinance energy efficient buildings.

  • Adamini to step down from ESG role at Actiam

    26 September 2014

    Manuel Adamini is to step down as head of environmental, social and governance research at Dutch asset manager Actiam.

  • Solactive and Corporate Knights launch low-carbon index

    26 September 2014

    A family of low-carbon indexes has been launched, which claims to be the first to use a system established by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB).