Bache Commodities launches green commodity index
30th June 2009
Bache Commodities Group has launched today the Bache Commodity Green Index to offer investors a tool to invest in commodities with an environmental focus. Bache Commodities Group is the commodities and financial derivatives business of Prudential Financial, which has been an active participant in the commodities market for 120 years.




James Hall-Smith of HSBC discusses the drivers behind the growth of the European renewable energy scene and the opportunities this affords to infrastructure investors and project financiers alike.
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