Filter results

Search results

Show:
Results found: 269

22 April 2025
in
Climate finance

World Bank funds Armenia tourism project

The World Bank has agreed a $100 million project to improve access to resilient infrastructure and strengthen the role of tourism in the economy of Armenia. The...

16 April 2025

Herbert Smith Freehills unveils new partner hires

Herbert Smith Freehills has announced details of a raft of new partner appointments. Alongside the new partners, the firm has also hired 23 lateral partners in its...

15 April 2025
in
Traditional energy

Iberdrola seals funds for energy storage infrastructure projects

The EIB has signed two green loans with Iberdrola totalling €108 million (almost $117 million) – a €50 million loan using the EIB's own funds and a...

10 April 2025

EIB taps inaugural EU Green Bond

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...

28 March 2025

Call for cash: How will the AFSM work?

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...

25 March 2025
in
Social infrastructure

Egypt partners with IFC to introduce PPPS at 11 airports

IFC has engaged with Egypt’s Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) to advise the government on introducing public private partnerships in the country’s airports...

19 March 2025

AfDB prices $2bn bond despite market volatility

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...

13 March 2025

Postbank-EIB deal boosts Bulgarian mid-cap financing

EIB is providing Bulgaria-based Postbank with a €75 million guarantee to expand financing for middle-sized companies in the country and strengthen the domestic...

11 March 2025
in
Traditional energy

Brazilian biogas projects get BNDES funding

BNDES has approved BRL150 million ($26 million) in financing for the construction of four industrial effluent treatment plants with biogas production.The new biogas...

04 March 2025

AIIB diversifies funding mix with HK dollar 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 adds another instrument to...

28 February 2025
in
Finance and other, Manufacturing

DSR Bank: An MDB-style bank for defence spending

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...

24 January 2025
in
Renewable energy

SAFCO's solution to the SAF green premium

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...

22 January 2025
in
Traditional energy

Uzbek CCGTs: Efficiently gassed

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...

03 January 2025

2024: Development finance trends

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...

02 January 2025

SMATSA’s air navigation system to be upgraded

EBRD and EIB have agreed funding to Serbia and Montenegro Air Traffic Services Smatsa (SMATSA), the air traffic services agency that covers the air space of Serbia and...

20 December 2024

EBRD launches portfolio risk-sharing product in Kosovo

EBRD has signed the first portfolio risk-sharing facility in Kosovo with Raiffeisen Bank to unlock €25 million of new finance for MSMEs. Around 20% of the facility...

16 December 2024
in
Finance and other

IDB receives fresh financial backing from UK

The UK has announced a support package to the Inter-American Development Bank.The package includes support for IDB Invest’s “Originate to Share”...

13 December 2024
in
Waste and water

Rio Cobre: Tapping long tenor DFI debt

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,...

02 December 2024

Celebrating Sean Keating: ‘A bashed out obit’ for TXF, Proximo and Uxolo

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...

28 November 2024
in
Renewable energy

Serbia launches second renewables auction

Serbia has launched its second renewable energy auction. Wind projects up to an approved quota of 300MW and solar PV projects up to 124.8MW will be supported through...