Green Investment Bank finances first energy efficiency project

TOKYO. — US investment banking giant Goldman Sachs said yesterday it will start investing in Japanese renewable energy projects, with a reported US$2,9 billion outlay over the next five years. The injection comes after Japan's government stepped ...

A London-based investment firm has announced a £10 million fund to replace inefficient heating systems in public and private facilities with biomass boilers. Equitix is investing £4.9 million through its Energy Saving Investment fund, in which the ...

WARSAW. A two-day inaugural international conference of the Economics of Green Growth Peer-Assisted Learning (EGGPAL) Network took place in Warsaw, Poland on May 15-17, 2013, co-hosted by the World Bank and the Polish Ministry of Environment. About ...

Investment of £4.9 million to be provided for the replacement of inefficient heating systems with biomass boilers Energy Saving Investments (ESI), an Equitix managed fund in which the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) is a cornerstone investor, has ...

PARIS At the end of 2011, sovereign wealth funds assets under management amounted to $3 trillion, following 237 direct investments worth $81 billion that year. Some experts even estimate SWFs assets to be worth $6 trillion. This means that SWFs, ...

With his estimated wealth exceeding $200 million, Albert Arnold Gore has come a long way from the time he began a career in government politic. But it hasn't all been a green path. He can thank some earlier events for paving over muddy ground, a ...

Filed under: Investing When prepaid debit card vendor Green Dot announced early this year that it was trialing a new concept in banking, my interest was piqued. After all, the company had seen some hard times in 2012, and I wondered if this new ...

May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Deutsche Bank AG and Nomura Holdings Inc. are urging caution as investors gorge on junk-rated commercial-mortgage bonds, wagering that economic growth in the U.S. will curb losses. Prices on so-called AJ bonds have climbed as ...

William A. Featherston - UBS Investment Bank, Research Division [indiscernible] in the U.S. from their big 4 plays. And here to tell us about it is Lee Boothby, who is the Chairman, President and CEO. Lee? Lee K. Boothby Well, thank you, and I'm ...