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Korea launches $130m green growth fund
01 May 2009The Korean government is among the backers of a $130 million fund that will make private equity investments in companies globally that are hoping to stimulate green economic growth in Korea.
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HSBC infrastructure fund makes first close
01 May 2009HSBC has raised €117 million ($156 million) of a targeted €500 million into its Environmental Infrastructure Fund, which will invest in infrastructure development and construction, using proven technologies in renewable energy, water treatment and waste management.
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Frog Capital funds leap to €100m
01 May 2009Foursome Investments, an investment firm founded by the Engelhorn family, has rebranded itself as Frog Capital and raised its available funds to €100 million from €60 million. I
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Crédit Agricole SRI fund to target clean-tech equities
01 May 2009Crédit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) has developed a socially responsible equity fund targeting promising clean-tech companies.
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Asset4 aims to plug gaps in corporate carbon data
01 May 2009Environmental and social data provider Asset4 has launched a product to help plug the gaps in the timeliness and completeness of corporate carbon disclosure.
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First signs of a thaw for renewables projects?
01 May 2009The first financings of renewable power projects in 2009 indicate that banks are starting to sign cheques again, but conditions remain tough, according to financiers and market observers.
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Green shoots?
01 May 2009Whisper it softly, but could the worst be over? The financial pages are full of stories suggesting that, according to one piece of data or another, the bottom of the recession may be in sight – or, at least, the precipitous declines over the past two quarters in pretty much every economic indicator may be levelling off.
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China's solar sector set for stimulus
01 May 2009China looks set to begin development of a domestic solar power generation industry, as Beijing prepares to roll out a renewable energy stimulus package with an emphasis on solar power, possibly this month
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People moves this month
01 May 2009Comings and goings in Environmental Finance this month
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CCFE lists REC futures
01 May 2009The Chicago Climate Futures Exchange (CCFE) has listed renewable energy certificate (REC) futures, referenced to RECs to meet renewable portfolio standards (RPS) in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Jersey and a 1,000MWh voluntary REC contract.