Archive

• IPO: Abengoa Yield

  01 April 2015

  When Abengoa Yield(ABY) floated on the NASDAQ in June, raising more than $828 million, demand outstripped supply by 17 times.

• M&A: SunEdison and Terraform acquisition of First Wind

  01 April 2015

  SunEdison became the world's largest renewable energy developer when it took part in the acquisition of First Wind, in a deal worth $2.4 billion.

• Sustainable Forestry: Credit Suisse/Althelia Ecosphere's Nature Conservation Notes

  01 April 2015

  The Nature Conservation Notes issued by Credit Suisse and Althelia Ecosphere in December are a novel impact investing product designed to help reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and promote sustainable agriculture.

• Carbon: ClimateCare's ethanol cookstoves fund

  01 April 2015

  This year's award winner in the carbon finance category combines government grants with pure carbon finance to create a revolving fund that supports a new market in clean cookstoves.

• Weather: Swiss Re's solar energy hedge in China

  01 April 2015

  Europe has dominated the rapid growth in solar power for most of the past decade but, in the past two years, the balance of power has swung decisively toward Asia.

• Catastrophe Risk: Citizens Property Insurance/Everglades Re cat bond

  01 April 2015

  The stand-out transaction in last year's buoyant market for catastrophe (cat) bonds, was undoubtedly the $1.5 billion issue for Citizens Property Insurance Corporation of Florida.

• Personality of the Year: Mats Andersson

  01 April 2015

  Pension funds are generally staid and conservative. But as CEO of the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4), Mats Andersson has not been afraid to stick his head above the parapet.

• SEB sees green bond issuance doubling to $70bn in 2015

  31 March 2015

  Swedish bank SEB still expects issuance of green bonds to double this year from last year's $36 billion, despite a relatively quiet first quarter.

• Canadian Solar bags 'cornerstone assets' for new yieldco

  31 March 2015

  Canadian Solar has completed its $265 million acquisition of Recurrent Energy, in a deal it said will provide the "cornerstone" assets for its imminent yieldco.

• F&C responsible funds to review climate change criteria

  31 March 2015

  F&C Investments is to review the climate change-related exclusion criteria that apply to five funds in its 'responsible' fund range, Environmental Finance has learned.