Michael Hurley

Articles by Michael Hurley

  • Lloyds Bank provides £50m 'green loan' to UK science parks

    10 January 2018

    Lloyds Bank will provide a £50 million ($67.5 million) 'green loan' to increase energy efficiency of buildings to UK science and technology park operator Manchester Science Partnerships (MSP).

  • Foresight buys UK biomass plants with a view to international expansion

    10 January 2018

    London-based investment manager Foresight has acquired a portfolio of nine UK bioenergy plants, taking the output capacity of its waste-to-energy portfolio to about 137MW of clean energy.

  • Impax assets surge to £8.2bn

    09 January 2018

    UK-based Impax Asset Management has continued its run of stellar growth, after its assets under management (AUM) surged to £8.2 billion ($11 billion), a quarter-on-quarter increase of 13%.

  • Candriam global high-yield fund is first to be awarded French SRI label

    08 January 2018

    A global high-yield fund from Luxembourg-based asset manager Candriam has become the first to receive the French Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) label.

  • On the search for sovereigns

    05 January 2018

    The next growth spurt for the green bond market could come from sovereigns, reports Michael Hurley

  • Structural work underpins carbon market optimism

    03 January 2018

    If 2017 was the year of carbon market maintenance, with legislation extending the life of schemes in the US and Europe, 2018 could be defined by greater linking between initiatives, says Michael Hurley

  • €2.8bn infra fund attracts broad pension fund investment

    29 December 2017

    Danish fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has raised €2.8 billion ($3.35 billion) in a sixth close of its third energy fund, with investment largely from European pension funds.

  • Engie and CA Assurances team up to buy 500MW of renewables projects

    28 December 2017

    Insurer Credit Agricole Assurances and French utility Engie will jointly purchase about 500MW of renewables projects in 2018, the companies said in a statement.

  • IREDA lays out plans for IPO

    27 December 2017

    State-run Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) is planning an initial public offering (IPO), a filing with Indian markets regulator Sebi reveals.

  • NY State Common and NY City Pension Funds make plans to cease fossil fuel investments

    22 December 2017

    Both the $200 billion New York State Common pension fund and the $181 billion New York City Pension Funds are to consider ceasing new investments in fossil fuels, their trustees have said.