In depth
31 March 2025

Exiled: Catherine Lang Anderson, A&O

Welcome to Exiled: The Real Assets People, a podcast where we ‘strand’ a guest on a desert island and ask them who from their professional past, present, and future they’d choose to be stranded with. After all, it’s people that make a profession. Our first guest is Catherine Lang Anderson, Partner... More

In depth
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 such mechanisms in other regions? More

News
03 April 2025

EIB prices €3bn Climate Awareness Bond

European Investment Bank has priced its first Climate Awareness Bond aligned with the European Green Bond Standard, with a size of €3 billion and due May 15, 2037. Joint lead managers are BNP Paribas, CACIB, Deutsche Bank, LBBW.The bond, the largest so far issued under this standard, pays an... More

News
03 April 2025

Petrobras, BNDES partner to buy carbon credits in Amazon region

Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras and the country's development bank BNDES have partnered to create a programme to finance forest restoration initiatives in the Amazon region.Under the ProFloresta+ programme, Petrobras will launch tenders to buy carbon credits from restoration projects.... More

News
03 April 2025

AFD prices first GBP benchmark of 2025

AFD has issued its first GBP benchmark of the year, a £300 million 3.5-year fixed rate benchmark due October 22, 2028, offering a spread of 62bps over Sonia mid-swaps. The bond carries a oupon of 4.500%. Following strong investor demand, the final size was set at £300 million. Joint lead... More

News
03 April 2025

Spanish sustainable housing gets EIB, BBVA support

EIB Group has signed a new €93 million synthetic securitisation operation with BBVA for 100% green projects. This investment will allow BBVA to mobilise around €185 million to finance the construction of residential buildings with near-zero emissions by SMEs and mid-caps in... More

News
03 April 2025

EBRD supports growth of private credit in Poland

EBRD is supporting the growth of alternative private capital in Poland by investing €40 million in CVI Private Debt Fund II, a fund managed by CVI Dom Maklerski.The fund, which achieved several closings since Q1 2024, now totals €181 million in capital commitments and will provide flexible... More

News
03 April 2025

IDB Invest boosts MSMEs in Dominican Republic

IDB Invest has agreed an up to $45 million financing package for Banesco Banco Múltiple to enhance its support for MSMEs, women-led or owned MSMEs, and sustainable investments in the Dominican Republic. This funding will help address the need for long-term financing, promote sustainable... More

News
02 April 2025

Krone joins Wilmington Trust from A&O

Morgan Krone has joined Wilmington Trust as senior associate general counsel for Europe. Krone started at the trustee services firm last week and was previously a partner at Allen & Overy, having been with the law firm since 1996. He was head of A&O's global corporate trust and... More

News
02 April 2025

World Bank issues $500m for earthquake-hit Turkey

The World Bank has approved $500 million in funding to create inclusive jobs and revitalise the economy in areas that were devastated by the February 2023 earthquakes in Turkey.Long-standing structural challenges in the labour market were exacerbated by the 2023 earthquakes in the affected... More

News
02 April 2025

Cameroon SMEs get IFC funding boost

IFC and Afriland First Bank Cameroon are partnering to increase access to finance for thousands of smaller businesses in Cameroon.IFC will loan First Bank up to $60 million equivalent in euros, including $20 million from IFC’s own account and $40 million mobilised from other lenders. In... More

News
02 April 2025

Italian agribusinesses to benefit from €300m EIB deal

EIB and Banca Popolare di Sondrio have signed an agreement aimed at mobilising over €300 million (over $323 million) for SMEs and mid-caps active in the agriculture and bioeconomy sectors in Italy, with a particular focus on green projects. This is the first operation signed by the EIB in... More

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02 April 2025

AfDB agrees fresh Lake Chad financing

AfDB and the Lake Chad Basin Commission (CBLT) have signed a $10.2 million grant agreement to implement the Technical Support Project for the Restoration of the Ecological and Economic Functions of the Lake Chad Basin.The project is funded by the African Development Fund, the bank group’s... More

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02 April 2025

NORD/LB and EIB back EU renewable investments

NORD/LB and European Investment Bank have announced a partnership aimed at accelerating the transition to clean energy across the EU. The new financing will back new small and medium-sized renewable energy projects throughout Europe.Under the initiative, EIB will provide €125 million (almost... More

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Apr 14 - Apr 16, 2025

Middle East & Africa 2025: Agency, Energy & Infrastructure Finance

Ritz Carlton, Dubai

We're bringing the Middle East and Africa together for one mega event—the Middle East & Africa Congress! More connections, more opportunities, all in one place!

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News
02 April 2025

Azerbaijan offers $1bn loan for Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway

Azerbaijan is willing to give a $1 billion loan to Pakistan for funding the $1.2 billion Sukkur-Hyderabad motorway (M-6) - but Pakistani government departments remain divided over the mode of financing.Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had sought funding for two motorway projects totaling $1.8 billion... More

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02 April 2025

EBRD supports sustainable retail developments in Western Balkans

EBRD is providing an additional loan of up to €72 million to Netherlands-based BIG CEE as part of a €100 million envelope of loans to support its expansion in Serbia and the Western Balkans.The funds will be used to finance the development, upgrade and acquisition of modern retail parks... More

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01 April 2025

Ukraine’s rail border infrastructure to be upgraded

EIB and the government of Ukraine have agreed to direct €50 million of EIB financing to Ukraine’s national railway company, Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia), to upgrade key rail border crossing points with Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania.The upgrade is being co-funded through a... More

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01 April 2025

MIGA supports expansion of MSME financing in Serbia

MIGA has issued a guarantee of €161.5 million to Erste Group from Austria to cover its investments in Erste Serbia. The guarantee covers against the risk of expropriation of funds of mandatory reserves held at the National Bank of Serbia for up to five years.  The project marks... More

News
01 April 2025

ADB issues largest panda bonds

ADB has issued a CNY8.3 billion (about $1.15 billion), three-year bond issue - its largest Panda Bonds to date. The bonds, issued on March 17, 2025, carry a 1.81% coupon. The bonds were well received by both domestic and international investors. The bonds are part of ADB's ongoing efforts... More

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01 April 2025

University of Crete gets funding for housing and campus upgrades

The University of Crete will benefit from €95 million in EIB financing to help build affordable student housing and upgrade campus facilities as part of a PPP project awarded to the AKTOR Group. The total long-term financing of €190 million is co-financed equally by EIB and Piraeus... More