Hamza Ali

Articles by Hamza Ali

  • SEC sides with DiNapoli in fight with ExxonMobil

    24 March 2016

    ExxonMobil has lost its bid to block a shareholder resolution over disclosure of its climate change policy, after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ruled against it.

  • Shanghai Pudong returns to green bond market

    23 March 2016

    The Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPDB) is set to tap the green bond market again, just two months after its mammoth inaugural issue.

  • San Francisco public utility to issue certified green bond

    23 March 2016

    The San Francisco Public Utility Commission (SFPUC) is gearing up to issue a green bond, which is set to be the first issue from a US municipal certified under a water standard.

  • California State gears up to issue $500m green bond

    23 March 2016

    The State of California plans to issue a $500 million green bond, its second, to finance at least 34 water projects throughout the state.

  • People Moves - March 2016

    22 March 2016

    The latest people moves at companies including SunEdison, RWE, Green Climate Fund, DNV GL, Schroders and more

  • NWB Bank prices $1bn, 10-year green bond

    21 March 2016

    Dutch public sector lender Nederlandse WaterschapsBank (NWB) has returned to the green bond market, after pricing its first dollar-denominated transaction.

  • Some US yieldcos 'to go bust', before sector becomes healthy

    18 March 2016

    The US yieldco market will likely become smaller before it returns to health, according to one market watcher.

  • PRI calls on asset owners to reflect ESG in their investment beliefs

    17 March 2016

    Asset owners need to do more to reflect environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities in their investment beliefs and mandates, according to a report by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).

  • Reprieve for mandatory carbon reporting in UK budget announcement

    16 March 2016

    The UK's Chancellor of the Exchequer heeded calls from investors not to scrap mandatory carbon reporting in his budget announcement, but was criticised for "forgetting the climate change" in the rest of his policies.

  • Qingdao issues China's third domestic green bond

    14 March 2016

    Bank of Qingdao (BQD) has issued the first two tranches of its RMB8 billion ($1.5 billion) green bond programme, raising RMB4 billion.