Green Investment Bank eyes first profits as it celebrates second birthday

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GIB chief executive Shaun Kingsbury reveals future for Treasury-backed bank includes 'crowding in private finance'

The Green Investment Bank (GIB) is hoping to attract direct funding from overseas investors, such as Taiwanese pension funds, as it starts to turn a profit over the coming months, in order to continue...

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