Hamza Ali

Articles by Hamza Ali

  • Finnish lender on target to issue benchmark inaugural green bond in Q3

    06 June 2016

    A Finnish lender is gearing up to issue its inaugural benchmark green bond at the end of the third quarter.

  • French asset manager launches green bond fund

    03 June 2016

    A fourth French asset manager has launched its long rumoured green bond mutual fund.

  • Second Swedish issuer launches forestry green bond

    01 June 2016

    Södra, Sweden's largest forest-owner association, has launched Sweden's second forestry green bond.

  • Moody's issues two more green bond assessments

    01 June 2016

    Less than a week after Moody's launched its inaugural Green Bond Assessment (GBA), the ratings agency has issued two more.

  • Shareholders lose climate change resolution at ExxonMobil and Chevron, despite record support

    26 May 2016

    Shareholders have failed to force ExxonMobil and Chevron to report on the potential impact on their businesses of climate change policies that limit global warming to 2˚C.

  • TenneT gears up for another green bond

    25 May 2016

    Dutch grid operator Tennet is gearing up to issue another benchmark green bond just weeks after it priced a €500 million green Schuldschein, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Rabobank to roadshow world's first green RMBS

    24 May 2016

    A Rabobank Group subsidiary has launched what it claims is the first green residential mortgage-backed security (RMBS) programme in the world.

  • ABN Amro's second green bond meets strong demand from investors

    23 May 2016

    ABN Amro has launched its second green bond one year after its landmark inaugural issue, with an order book "north of €1 billion ($1.12 billion)" two hours after it opened, according to the bank.

  • Investors are optimistic about Exxon and Chevron climate change resolutions

    20 May 2016

    Investors are optimistic of a "positive" result for two shareholder resolutions on climate change at ExxonMobil and Chevron ahead their annual general meetings next week, despite opposition from the companies' boards.

  • Geely green bond receives warm reception from pension funds

    19 May 2016

    Chinese car maker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group has launched a five-year, dollar-denominated green bond, with "strong" support from pension funds.