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Insurers see the gold in green
14 May 2015Green bonds are looking increasingly attractive to insurance companies which want to meet their risk and return objectives while producing a positive environmental or social impact. But there are concerns about the definition and capacity of the market, as Mark Nicholls explains
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Abengoa Yield in $670m share placement for solar
13 May 2015Abengoa Yield (ABY) has sold more than 20 million new shares to help it buy solar assets from its parent company, in a deal worth $669 million.
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How to help the green bond market grow
13 May 2015The market needs to embrace general purpose bonds from 'pureplay' green companies, as well as allowing non-clean companies to issue green bonds if they are in transition to a greener business model, argues Ulrik Ross
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Eurosif proposes sustainability as 6th pillar of EU Capital Markets Union
13 May 2015Sustainability should be added to the proposed principals behind the EU's Capital Markets Union (CMU) initiative.
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NRG Yield stock split boosts equity finance capacity by $20bn
13 May 2015US yieldco NRG Yield is to introduce a one-for-one stock split after the close of trading tomorrow (14 May) to help it raise more equity capital.
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Body behind Dutch/German grid launches 'multi-billion' green bond programme
13 May 2015Dutch energy body TenneT has launched a green bond programme, which it says could be "a multi-billion euro green investment opportunity".
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Amundi launches three index-linked low-carbon funds
12 May 2015Amundi has created three funds to track a low-carbon index from MSCI.
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Sustainability accounting project approaches key milestone
12 May 2015Non-financial accounting standards for all major industrial sectors should be available within 12 months, said the California-based Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB).
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Paris climate summit to strengthen green bond market, says HSBC
12 May 2015The rapidly growing green bond market could receive a further boost from a strong climate change agreement in December, a report by HSBC's climate change centre has claimed.
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NRG Yield and parent commit $250m to new solar projects
12 May 2015US power company NRG Energy and its 55%-owned yieldco NRG Yield plan to create a $100 million partnership to invest in distributed solar photovoltaic installations for commercial and industrial clients.