Financial Times, Climate change is a business problem(link is external), Mike Scott Probably the most interesting green bonds article of this month is one by Mike Scott of Financial Times. Written in the perspective of the UN IPCC report calling for a drastic action needed in order to avoid catastrophic temperatures …
Buying Up the Planet: Out-of-control Central Banks on a Corporate Buying Spree
Buying Up the Planet: Out-of-control Central Banks on a Corporate Buying Spree Posted on June 20, 2014 by Ellen Brown Finance is the new form of warfare – without the expense of a military overhead and an occupation against unwilling hosts. It is a competition in credit creation to buy foreign resources, real …
We’re About to Hit $20bn of Green ‘Labeled’ Bonds Issued This Year
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(Free Webinar) Lowering Portfolio Risk: New Evidence Reveals Higher-Impact Porfolios Can Outperform Traditional Investing
June 10th Webinar Lowering Risk, Enhancing Returns: How High Impact Portfolios Can Outperform Traditional Portfolios A diversified portfolio, driven by smart data and rated for future risk, can deliver stronger returns with lower risk and positive impact Overall, 80% of the S&P 500 stock market valuation is …
Alternative Energy Companies: Green Dividend Yield Investing
Alternative Energy Companies A financial newsletter focusing on high quality stock picks Solar Wind Alternative Fuels Efficiency Environmental Smart Grid Green Dividend Yield Investing Posted: 5/23/2014 by Harris Roen, Editor Roen Financial Report May 23, 2014 Do you want to generate meaningful income from alternative energy stocks and bonds …
Only a broad-based financial transaction tax will be effective
Only a broad-based financial transaction tax will be effective SULEIKA REINERS 26 April 2014 A well constituted financial transaction tax (FTT, or Tobin tax) can not only reduce levels of inequality but also curb some of the destructive elements of financial activity and make a positive contribution to economic growth. Just …
The Global Banking Game Is Rigged, and the FDIC Is Suing
Taxpayers are paying billions of dollars for a swindle pulled off by the world’s biggest banks, using a form of derivative called interest-rate swaps; and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has now joined a chorus of litigants suing over it. According to an SEIU report: Derivatives . . . have turned …
‘Record-breaking Q1: $9bn labelled green bonds issued, new issuers, new currencies and finally an index!’
‘Record-breaking Q1: $9bn labelled green bonds issued, new issuers, new currencies and finally an index!‘ By Bridget Boulle It’s been another ground breaking quarter for green bonds – the biggest yet with just under USD9bn issued ($8.997bn). It seems our initial estimate of $20bn for the year will be met …
[Climate Bonds] Unibail-Rodamco issues EUR750m 10 year, A+ green property bond, first green corporate bond of 2014 – 3.4x oversubscribed in less than 2 hours. The next wave of green is coming.
Unibail-Rodamco, a large European commercial property company, yesterday announced that it had placed a landmark EUR750mn green bond based on a portfolio of green buildings. The bond was 3.4 times oversubscribed with the order book reaching EUR2.5bn in under 2 hours! The first corporate green bond linked to property was issued by Sweden’s Vasakronan …
From Austerity to Abundance: Why I Am Running for California Treasurer
From Austerity to Abundance: Why I Am Running for California Treasurer Posted on January 15, 2014 by Ellen Brown Governor Jerry Brown and his staff are exchanging high-fives over balancing California’s budget, but the people on whose backs it was balanced are not rejoicing. The state’s high-wire act has been called “the ultimate …