Graham Cooper

Articles by Graham Cooper

  • SocGen reshuffles green bond team

    10 July 2017

    Societe Generale has announced several new appointments to develop its role in the market for green and sustainable bonds.

  • Green bond comment: New issues rise 36% in H1

    05 July 2017

    A 36% increase in new issues in the first six months of this year, combined with further signs of maturity in the market, suggest green bonds are entering their second decade in good health.

  • World Bank turns to bond market to combat infectious diseases

    04 July 2017

    The World Bank has raised $425 million from the capital markets to provide prompt assistance to low-income countries that face the risk of pandemics.

  • Spain's ICO issues third social bond

    04 July 2017

    Instituto de Credito Oficial (ICO), a state-owned Spanish bank, has issued what it claims is the first benchmark-size social bond since the launch of the Social Bond Principles.

  • Allianz says policy changes needed to boost renewables investment

    03 July 2017

    The G20 countries need to roughly double their annual investments in renewables and power infrastructure to meet the 2oC global warming goal of the Paris Agreement on climate change, according to German insurer Allianz.

  • Consortium plans to build on the success of IFC forest bond

    22 June 2017

    Three international organisations have come together to encourage the use of innovative private sector finance to combat deforestation.

  • European yieldcos eye further expansion

    21 June 2017

    Three European renewable energy investment firms, with a focus on generating high dividend payouts, have announced plans to raise substantial amounts of new capital.

  • Man Group boosts sustainable investment effort

    20 June 2017

    Man Group, the world's largest listed hedge fund company, has made two appointments to strengthen its commitment to sustainable investing.

  • Investor feedback needed to ensure integrity of green bond market, says Zurich

    20 June 2017

    Institutional investors should let underwriters know whether bonds being marketed as 'green' are being bought for environmental or other reasons, according to insurance company Zurich.

  • Social bonds are a 'distraction' from green bonds

    19 June 2017

    Social bonds are a 'distraction' from green bonds, as most mainstream investors are just getting used to the latter, Ulf Erlandsson, senior portfolio manager at Swedish pension fund AP4, told Environmental Finance's Green Bonds Europe Conference.