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16 November 2022
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IT and telecoms

JBIC, DFC issue $100m guarantee for Telstra's Digicel Pacific

DFC and JBIC will provide $50 million each in credit guarantees for Export Finance Australia’s financing package to support telecommunications company...

News
14 November 2022
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Traditional energy

ADB signs MoU for first ETM deal

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed the first MoU under its ETM initiative, launched last year to finance early retirement of coal-fired power plants.The planned deal...

News
08 November 2022
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Mining, Traditional energy

Japan 'world’s largest provider of public finance for fossil fuels'

Japan is the world’s largest public financier for oil, gas, and coal projects, according to new research.Japan contributed $10.6 billion per year on average between...

News
04 November 2022
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Mining, Traditional energy

Netherlands accused of breaking fossil fuel public financing vow

The Dutch government has been accused of breaking a major climate promise it made last year to end public financing for international fossil fuel projects.The government...

News
01 November 2022

CapitaLand Ascott Trust Partners with IFC on hospitality sector sustainability-linked bond

Singapore-based CapitaLand Ascott Trust has partnered with the International Finance Corporation to launch IFC's first sustainability-linked bond in the hospitality...

News
31 October 2022
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Traditional energy

NIB funds rebuild of Ellevio’s electric substations in Stockholm

Nordic Investment Bank has signed a ten-year loan with the Swedish electricity distributor Ellevio to rebuild and increase the capacity of two existing switchgear...

News
28 October 2022
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Finance and other, Social projects

Northern Arc raises $50m in debentures from FMO

Northern Arc Capital, a digital debt financing company, has raised $50 million from FMO through the issuance of non-convertible debentures. At least half the proceeds...

Perspective
27 October 2022
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Climate finance, Renewable energy

Quick to promise – slow on delivery again

COP26 featured renewed pledges to deliver on past undelivered financial promises, spawned a number of new grand support schemes and turned up the volume on calls for the...

News
27 October 2022
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Finance and other

Fitch Uruguay's USD 2034 sustainability-linked bond 'BBB-'

Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BBB-' rating to Uruguay's $1.5 billion sustainability-linked notes maturing in 2034.The coupon on the notes is 5.75%, and will...

News
25 October 2022
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Finance and other

AFC closes $389m Samurai term loan

AFC has closed a $389 million dual currency Samurai term loan facility, split into $382 million and JPY1 billion.Japanese investors showed strong interest in the issuance...

News
21 October 2022

AfDB, UK government partner on new risk sharing transaction

AfDB, the government of UK, and three insurance companies have closed on a new risk sharing transaction known as the Room to Run Sovereign.The Room to Run Sovereign...

Perspective
20 October 2022
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Climate finance

Shop talk: Where’s climate finance at?

With COP27 on the horizon, Uxolo spoke to Pedro de Aragao Fernandes, analyst at Climate Policy Initiative to outline one of his co-authored reports, the Global Landscape...

News
20 October 2022
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Finance and other

IsDB expected to sell $1bn in 5-yr sukuk

IsDB is expected to sell $1 billion in five-year Islamic bonds for which it updated price guidance after demand topped $1.6 billion, a bank document showed.The sukuk will...

News
13 October 2022
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Social projects

EIB provides €15m for Spindiag’s novel PCR diagnostics system

The EIB is providing a loan of €15 million for Germay's Spindiag, a young in vitro diagnostics company.The EIB-funded project finances the further development of...

Perspective
13 October 2022
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Climate finance, Finance and other

Back to blue

The recent blue bond/blue loan package for Barbados is an evolution on the landmark debt-for-nature swap for Belize in 2021. The Barbados deal dispels concerns about...

News
12 October 2022
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Climate finance

GIB AM launches global Article 9 fixed income fund

GIB Asset Management has launched a sustainable corporate bond fund, saying it will select companies to invest in based on their ability to help solve ESG...

News
04 October 2022
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Social infrastructure, Social projects

Turkey's Gaziantep hospital PPP to get equity boost

Gaziantep Integrated Health Campus, a PPP project in Turkey, is to re-commence construction following an additional equity provision of €167 million from sponsor...

Perspective
29 September 2022

IDB Invest’s Ferreira commits to sustainable funding

IDB Invest has committed to an ambitious 40% target of ‘climate and green finance’ by 2025. Orlando Ferreira, the bank’s CFO, says that what that means in practical terms...

News
27 September 2022
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Social projects

BDC launches $500m Thrive Venture Fund and Lab for Women

BDC has launched its $500 million Thrive Venture Fund and Lab for Women during the Elevate Festival in Toronto. Building on the success of BDC Capital’s Women...

Perspective
15 September 2022

Crowd funding - but not as we know it

Are DFIs crowding out or hindering the private sector on deals that could have been financed without DFI/MDB direct loans? Many in the commercial market believe so and...