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How do SolarCity's new bonds stack up against other green investments?

22 Oct 2014: The California solar company’s new bonds offer a green middle ground between CDs and stocks. But are they the best option for private investors?
EU banker bonus cap a ‘retrograde step’, says HSBC chairman

21 Oct 2014: Crackdown by European regulators likely to increase tensions in Britain over Brussels’ influence over the financial sector
Shares rise on ECB bond-buying report, as UK public finances worsen -- business live

21 Oct 2014: Rolling business and financial news, as Britain borrows more than a year ago despite the recovery
Investing in sustainable agriculture by converting farms to 'beyond organic'

Guardian Professional, 20 Oct 2014: A San-Francisco based fund aims to target conventional farms and make them sustainable while providing high returns to investors. Can it work?
Bankers must brace for a pay cut, warns Bank of England

20 Oct 2014: Deputy governor bemoans fact that bankers have received far greater share of profits than shareholders since 2008 bailouts
ECB to spend €1 trillion on covered bonds to kickstart euro economy

20 Oct 2014: The bank’s aim is to revive economies in the single currency zone that have been hit by a decline in business lending
Credit unions are increasingly an alternative for banks and payday loans

Guardian Professional, 20 Oct 2014: Membership is increasing but credit unions still have an image problem to address to bring more sustainable finance onto their balance sheets
Medibank float could raise up to $5.5bn for Coalition, says Mathias Cormann

20 Oct 2014: About 2.7bn shares are expected to be sold for between $1.55 and $2, which will place the business in the ASX 100
Why the decision on interest rates is held between the agony and ecstasy

19 Oct 2014: Larry Elliott: Upbeat figures on growth, unemployment and inflation are cancelled out by what’s happening to real wage growth, productivity and real interest rates
Ebola and failing markets tell us that we need to work together

19 Oct 2014: Will Hutton: Governments must heed the warnings of our brightest minds and reshape our societies to help those most in need
‘Ethical’ funds still pouring money into coal, oil and gas, new report finds

18 Oct 2014: Report by advisers Barchester Green names winners and sinners of ethical and environmental funds industry
The US justice divide: why crime and punishment in Wall Street and Ferguson are so different

17 Oct 2014: Matt Taibbi was the scourge of Wall Street who called Goldman Sachs a ‘vampire squid’. Here, he argues that the failure to jail crooked bankers has its flipside – a war on the poor
Europe in turmoil: five years of economic crisis

17 Oct 2014: Greece’s admission in October 2009 that it had a huge black hole in its finances triggered five years of bailouts, market turmoil and protests
Bank of England deputy governor condemns EU bonus cap

16 Oct 2014: Bailey calls debate on restricting payouts to bankers ‘misguided’ after EBA warns banks to stop handing out top-up allowances
Banks must prepare customers for mortgage rate rise, warns RBS chief

16 Oct 2014: Ross McEwan said bank will carry out research to win back trust and ease concerns over the impact of an increase