Peter Cripps

Articles by Peter Cripps

  • KommuneKredit joins Scandi green bond party

    24 May 2017

    Danish institution KommuneKredit has priced its inaugural green bond, making it the last of Scandinavian local government funding agencies to tap the market.

  • Lombard Odier hails strong start for green bond fund

    22 May 2017

    Lombard Odier says its green bond fund has been among its most successful capital raises. Since its launch in March its assets have swelled to €240 million ($270 million) and it has won a further SFR100 million ($100 million) separate account from an undisclosed Japanese pension fund.

  • Green bond comment: April was all about innovation and infrastructure

    03 May 2017

    April was a solid month for green bond issuance, raising some $5.6 billion. That figure is up on the $5.3 billion for the same month last year, mainly thanks to a RMB15000 ($2.2 billion) from Bank of Beijing, the biggest Chinese green bond of the year.

  • ISO to consider green bond standard

    03 May 2017

    The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) is to consider setting up an international green bond standard, Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Allianz-led consortium acquires UK's largest water-only supplier

    02 May 2017

    An Allianz-led consortium has agreed to acquire the UK's largest water-only supplier, Affinity Water.

  • Northam to head GIB as Kingsbury leaves role

    25 April 2017

    Shaun Kingsbury will step down as CEO of the Green Investment Bank (GIB) following its acquisition by a consortium led by Australian bank Macquarie Group for £2.3 billion ($2.9 billion).

  • IFC selects Amundi to manage its $2bn emerging market green bond fund

    21 April 2017

    The International Finance Corporation has formally announced the launch of its $2 billion emerging market green bond fund, as exclusively revealed by Environmental Finance last year, and has appointed Amundi to manage it.

  • Comment: Why impact is the word of the moment

    21 April 2017

    Measuring impact is increasingly a preoccupation of investors in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) space.

  • GIB sale reaction - brilliant news or a disaster?

    20 April 2017

    The Green Investment Bank's (GIB) long-expected sale to Macquarie has been controversial - Greenpeace said it was a disaster, but one renewables investor said the GIB would now stop "ruining the market".

  • GIB sold to Macquarie-led consortium for £2.3bn

    20 April 2017

    The Green Investment Bank (GIB) has been controversially sold to a consortium led by Australian bank Macquarie for £2.3 billion ($2.9 billion).