Hamza Ali

• [Updated] Fannie Mae prices its first structured green MBS

  16 February 2017

  The US Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) has priced a $611 million securitised bond that aggregates numerous green mortgages.

  

• Italy's environment ministry calls for national committee on green bond development

  15 February 2017

  Italy's environment ministry has called for a national committee on green bonds, tasked with increasing issuance from the country.

• BlueBay expands ESG fixed-income investment activities

  10 February 2017

  Fixed-income investment manager BlueBay Asset Management has created a high-yield bond investment strategy which applies additional environmental, social and governance (ESG) exclusions.

• Renewables reach cost parity with fossil fuels, says Lloyd's Register

  09 February 2017

  Low-carbon technologies are often cost completive with fossil fuels and innovation in the sector is gathering pace, according to a report by Lloyd's Register.

  

• MSCI launches ESG indexes targeting 'world's largest asset owners'

  08 February 2017

  US-based index provider MSCI has launched an environmental, social and governance (ESG) index series targeted at universal investors with diversified portfolios.

• China to launch pilot RECs market

  07 February 2017

  China will launch a pilot national renewable energy certificates (RECs) scheme on 1 July 2017, according to the country's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), in a bid to reduce its subsidies to the sector.

  

• L&G makes first US renewable energy debt deal

  06 February 2017

  Legal & General (L&G) has loaned US-based renewables developer Ahana Operations $65.8 million, marking its first foray into the US renewable energy debt market.

  

• Renewables fund secures investment from Australia's green bank

  06 February 2017

  A fund that aims to help attract institutional investment in Australian renewable energy has secured a "cornerstone" equity investment from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) – the country's green bank.

  

• EIB, Ireland's sovereign wealth fund and Dasos invest in Irish forests

  03 February 2017

  The European Investment Bank (EIB), Ireland's sovereign wealth fund and Dasos, a specialist forestry investment fund, have signed a multimillion euro deal to invest in Irish forests.

• CDC mandates banks to roadshow green bond

  03 February 2017

  France's Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) has mandated six banks to roadshow its inaugural green bond.