SEFI Sustainable Energy Finance Directory

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The Sustainable Energy Finance Directory lists entries alphabetically within the following categories:

Carbon Finance
Resources provided to projects generating (or expected to generate) greenhouse gas (or carbon) emission reductions in the form of the purchase of such emissions reductions.

Debt Capital
Loan obligations usually provided as corporate finance or non-recourse project finance.

Export Credits
Trade credits provided by government agencies to companies in order to facilitate the financing of exports.

Funds of Funds
Just as an individual mutual fund invests in a number of different securities, a fund of funds holds shares in many different mutual funds.

Insurance
Financial products that promise compensation for specific potential future losses in exchange for a periodic payment..

Microfinance
The provision of financial services to low-income clients, and which generally include savings and credit.

Private Equities
Equity capital invested in private companies i.e. those companies not listed on a public stock exchange. Typically, references to private equity encompasses both early stage (venture) and later stage investing.

Public Equities
Equity capital invested in the shares of a company listed on one or more public stock exchanges.


	Searching the directory: Finance Types The Sustainable Energy Finance Directory lists entries alphabetically within the following categories: Carbon Finance Resources provided to projects generating (or expected to generate) greenhouse gas (or carbon) emission reductions in the form of the purchase of such emissions reductions. Debt Capital Loan obligations usually provided as corporate finance or non-recourse project finance. Export Credits Trade credits provided by government agencies to companies in order to facilitate the financing of exports. Funds of Funds Just as an individual mutual fund invests in a number of different securities, a fund of funds holds shares in many different mutual funds. Insurance Financial products that promise compensation for specific potential future losses in exchange for a periodic payment.. Microfinance The provision of financial services to low-income clients, and which generally include savings and credit. Private Equities Equity capital invested in private companies i.e. those companies not listed on a public stock exchange. Typically, references to private equity encompasses both early stage (venture) and later stage investing. Public Equities Equity capital invested in the shares of a company listed on one or more public stock exchanges.