CAF pushes the MDB hybrid envelope – but will others follow?
Latin America's CAF made headlines with its $500 million perpetual non-call 5.5-year hybrid this month. The entry of hybrid capital is the latest in a line of innovations...
Latin America's CAF made headlines with its $500 million perpetual non-call 5.5-year hybrid this month. The entry of hybrid capital is the latest in a line of innovations...
Scaling up the mobilisation of private capital will need greater cooperation between DFIs, ECAs, and financial institutions, as well as product innovation. But there is a...
Hrvoje Čuvalo, President of the Management Board of the Croatian Bank of Reconstruction and Development, HBOR, and host of the Berne Union’s Spring Meeting in Dubrovnik,...
If the long end of the bond market were a dinner party, right now you’d hear a lot of awkward coughs and clinking ice as uncertainty grows and term premiums rise....
Since 2023, the IFC's securitisation has become a flagship strategy and now the EBRD is committed to realising its first synthetic risk transfer (SRT) by year-end. But in...
Cooperation, transparency and governance are not new buzzwords in the development, export and project finance space. These words echo like a mantra through an editorial...
International banks are yet to participate in financing under the ADB’s Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM). But a financial blueprint for the phasing out of the Cirebon 1...
At the headquarters of the AIIB in Beijing, Uxolo spoke with Domenico Nardelli, Treasurer at AIIB, to outline the MDB’s recent inaugural HK$4 billion ($514 million)...
Uxolo speaks with Faruq Muhammad, Global Head, Development & Agency Finance at Standard Chartered Bank, guiding listeners through candid conversations on the bank’s role...
The greatest impact of the second Trump administration is likely to be through its application of tariffs on global trade flows. But its impacts on project pipelines and...
IFC has extended $300 million to Pakistan’s Reko Diq copper-gold mine. This could suggest that DFIs are expanding their support for the minerals industry as demand ramps...
Argentina has secured a major investment programme with the support of the World Bank, the IMF and the IDB. This is a step on from the economic crisis that engulfed the...
The EIB has raised its first bond aligned with the EU Green Bond Standard in a bid to provide a template for other developments banks to follow suit. But is the issuance...
Uxolo speaks with Bart Raemaekers Head of Syndications & Concessional Financings at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) 'the climate bank of Asia'; delving into the...
Welcome to Exiled: The Real Assets People, a podcast where we ‘strand’ a guest on a desert island and ask them who from their professional past, present, and future...
African heads of state approved the establishment of a continental stability fund last month, the Africa Financing Stability Mechanism (AFSM). But how will it differ from...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) priced a $2 billion fixed rate dollar benchmark bond this month despite volatile market conditions and a lack of MDB supply. The bond...
Kjell Forsberg explains the strengthening of the ‘team Sweden’ development offering under his new role heading up a new department of trade, private sector and financial...
The AIIB tapped the public Hong Kong dollar bond market for a landmark HK$4 billion ($514 million) three-year issue as the Beijing-based MDB diversifies its funding mix...
Uxolo's awards recognise innovation and effort in putting development capital to work, but also the strides that DFIs, MDBs and impact investors have made in raising that...
There is huge potential to improve self-sufficiency and export earnings in African agriculture. AgriConnect hopes to develop the tools to do so.