On Your Radar for 2026: The Must-Watch Trends From 2025
These trends are redefining the landscape for 2026 and beyond. In our latest video recap, you'll get expert insights on the rise of private capital, breakthrough developments in securitisation, and new funding strategies reshaping MDBs - plus sharp analysis, key data, and exclusive commentary from our recent panels to help you stay ahead of the curve.
Trend 1: Mobilising private capital is top of the agenda
Blended finance, guarantees, and insurance are must-have tools to crowd-in institutional investors and realise climate & development goals. DFIs and MDBs are racing to develop scalable co-lending and risk-transfer programmes, but regulatory and due diligence hurdles remain for unlocking capital at scale.
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Mobilisation is starting to reach its potential
MDBs alone cannot tackle climate finance targets
Trend 2: Securitisation: a new asset class
MDBs are beginning to shift from an “originate-to-hold” model to an “originate-and-distribute” approach, recycling scarce capital while mobilising private funds into frontier markets. The first-of-its-kind funded IFC CLO is a proof of concept that MDB-originated loans can be transformed and sold into investment-grade securities attractive to global institutional investors.
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Is securitisation the panacea for private capital mobilisation?
Trend 3: MDBs up funding mix
MDBs continue to diversify their funding mix with hybrid capital issues and outcome-linked bonds. More debut and repeat hybrid capital deals, and ESG-tied bonds, shows innovation can redefine the MDB funding toolkit.
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CAF pushes the MDB hybrid envelope – but will others follow?
ECA & DFI Collaboration: Forging Powerful Partnerships for Development
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