Nadia introduces Allianz Global Investors, which manages EUR 673 billion in assets (00:20), her learnings from expanding AllianzGI’s presence in emerging markets including the infrastructure debt partnership with IFC using blended finance mechanism (01:50), the importance of understanding the profile of Multilateral Development Banks (MDB) and Development Financial Institutions ahead of making transactions (06:30).
Nadia observes her evolution of the investor landscape and how it has shaped blended finance (07:02), the high barriers of entry in the development finance ecosystem and understanding the MDB terminologies (08:23), how lack of donor capital and pipeline of projects are holding back blended finance (10:04), push for transparency from the MDB and DFI (11:12), the importance of trust-building in working with DFIs and MDBs (14:00).
