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 a financing under the ADB’s Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM). But a financial blueprint for the phasing out of the Cirebon...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
The Defence, Security and Resilience (DSR) Bank could answer Nato members’ defence spending needs, particularly in EU states. But what would such a bank modelled on MDBs...
SAF projects are complex to finance, with short offtake contracts and high prices often deterring project finance lenders. SAFCO Ventures has lowered costs to secure a...
As Uzbekistan looks to meet growing gas demand while phasing out inefficient Soviet-era power facilities, a DFI/ECA-backed financing for the 1.6GW Surkhandarya CCGT...
MDBs and DFIs have sharpened their product suites in their bid mobilise private capital and realise the race to net zero emissions. But what were the standout innovations...
The financing backing the Rio Cobre water treatment plant in Jamaica has signed. Project sponsors tapped heavy DFI support to push out the tenor envelope to 20 years,...
Every article should have a call to action in the 'standfirst'. It's particularly tough to do that on an obituary for a much loved friend and colleague. Perhaps an...
Uxolo spoke with Suzanne Gaboury, ADB's director general for private sector operations to outline the DFI's largest deal pipeline to date, and the importance of speeding...
Europe’s gigafactory bubble is bursting with battery makers Northvolt and ACC halting schemes amid waning demand for EVs. With project sponsors reviewing business models,...
Uxolo spoke with Chris Mitman, a partner at Acre Capital to find out how the fund is threading impact dollars into export finance deals, as it garners growing interest...
ECAs, DFIs and banks to Madagascar’s Ambatovy nickel mine project financing are facing a wipeout of $1.66 billion loans under a new shareholder restructuring proposal....
Uxolo looks at the way different financial institutions are approaching the crossovers between export, project and development finance in their stated efforts to finance...
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. Meanwhile, MDBs have pivoted to shorter liabilities with less execution risk and tighter pricing.