Hamza Ali

Articles by Hamza Ali

  • Amarenco signs €1bn renewables deal with Prudential

    03 February 2017

    Irish renewable energy developer Amarenco has entered into a €1 billion ($1.07 billion) joint venture with Infracapital, the infrastructure arm of insurance giant Prudential.

  • SEB gears up to launch inaugural green bond

    02 February 2017

    Swedish investment bank SEB is gearing up to issue a euro-denominated green bond.

  • RINs market suffers as EPA delays new regulations

    02 February 2017

    The price of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) has dropped to a one-year low after the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it would delay the implementation of regulations finalised at the end of the Obama administration.

  • Yieldco NESF secures £150m debt facility

    31 January 2017

    UK yieldco NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has secured a £150 million ($186 million) long-term debt facility from a syndicate of lenders.

  • Ontario issues biggest ever Canadian dollar-denominated green bond

    27 January 2017

    The Government of Ontario has issued a C$800 million ($610 million) green bond, the largest ever Canadian dollar-denominated issue.

  • Rising tide of ESG regulation highlighted in new report

    26 January 2017

    There is rising tide of environmental, social and governance (ESG) regulations globally, according to a new report by Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). However, more needs to be done to improve weak implementation of these policies.

  • France's sovereign green bond could reach €13bn this year

    25 January 2017

    The French Treasury has issued a mammoth €7 billion ($7.5 billion) green sovereign bond, which is almost twice the size of the previous largest green bond and could be increased to €13 billion later this year.

  • Brookfield secures exclusivity deal with SunEdison yieldcos

    24 January 2017

    Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) has entered into an 'exclusivity deal' with stricken SunEdison's two yieldcos

  • FRR awards €5 billion ESG mandates

    24 January 2017

    French pension fund Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites (FRR) has selected three asset managers to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into its €5 billion ($5.4 bllion) socially responsible equity strategy.

  • Private equity firm secures €100m loan to refinance solar portfolio

    23 January 2017

    A Private equity firm has signed a "roughly" €100 million ($107 million) loan deal to refinance a 20MW Spanish solar portfolio.