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Green bond round-up, 17 January 2018
17 January 2018Swedish bank SEB expects 2018 will be "a year of consolidation and more modest growth" for green bond issuance than in 2017, with potential to grow 12% year-on-year, to $175 billion.
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KfW re-enters SEK market with its first green bond of 2018
17 January 2018German development bank KfW has issued a SEK 1 billion ($120 million) green bond, its first in a 2018 issuing programme which it says will include two large issues of at least €1 billion ($1.22 billion) each.
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Nasdaq launches second Nordic sustainable segment to meet green bond demand
15 January 2018Nasdaq's Swedish subsidiary has opened its second sustainable bond segment focused on the Nordics, to "meet increased demand for green bonds".
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UK parliament to weigh merits of making TCFD mandatory
14 January 2018An independent audit committee is to examine whether the recommendations of the FSB's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) should be made mandatory by the UK government.
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Marex Spectron reopens EU carbon desk as it identifies 'significant opportunity'
12 January 2018Broker Marex Spectron has reopened its EU carbon emissions desk in London, citing renewed confidence in the EU's Emissions Trading System (ETS).
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New York City files to sue five oil majors, plans $5bn pension fossil fuel divestment
11 January 2018New York City has filed a lawsuit against five oil majors for damages caused by climate change, and the city's pension funds intend to divest $5 billion from fossil fuel companies, as its mayor launched a blistering attack on the firms.
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Lloyds Bank provides £50m 'green loan' to UK science parks
10 January 2018Lloyds 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).
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Foresight buys UK biomass plants with a view to international expansion
10 January 2018London-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.
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Impax assets surge to £8.2bn
09 January 2018UK-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%.
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Candriam global high-yield fund is first to be awarded French SRI label
08 January 2018A global high-yield fund from Luxembourg-based asset manager Candriam has become the first to receive the French Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) label.