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  • London’s investment trusts have been tapping a deep pool of equity capital earmarked for green-linked deals. On Friday, SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEEIT), the UK-listed energy efficiency investor, closed a £160m raise, £60m more than its original target and on the same day Greencoat UK Wind, the investment trust focused on UK wind farms, launched a £197.6m follow-on.
  • ESG Core Investments has become the first European special purpose acquisition company to go public in 2021.
  • Renewable energy companies have rushed to the European equity capital markets in 2021 to issue about $2.3bn of paper, according to Dealogic data. The figure is by far the best ever start to a year for green equity issuance, and with investor demand for paper increasing, sources predict there will be much more supply to meet it.
  • Deutsche Bahn rolled into the Swedish krona market this week to sell its biggest non-euro deal since 2012.
  • Pension Insurance Corp (PIC) has given Livin Housing a further £30m of private placement funding, after lending the housing association in England’s County Durham £65m in April 2019. Market participants have told GlobalCapital that several other housing associations are readying private placement deals for the next few months.
  • The European Covered Bond Council is to launch its energy-efficient mortgage label on Friday with a virtual event. The label will act as a “lighthouse” for all stakeholders, marking a clear way towards a green housing renovation revolution, the ECBC’s Luca Bertalot told GlobalCapital on Tuesday.