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25 September 2025
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Traditional energy

Cirebon 1: Patiently abating coal-fired power

The blueprint for ETM finance - the Cirebon 1 plant in Indonesia - is shaping up, albeit slowly. But the deal is still awaiting government approval before it can sign and...

05 September 2025

World Bank reopens funding window with dollar issue

The World Bank and IDA’s latest fundraising – spanning the US dollar, Australian dollar, and Canadian dollar – signals not just renewed investor appetite but a new...

01 September 2025

20 minutes with Leslie Maasdorp, British International Investment

In today’s episode, Leslie Maasdorp, CEO of British International Investment (BII), shares his strategic vision for scaling sustainable finance in frontier and emerging...

29 August 2025
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Social infrastructure

Chestnut Carbon’s new project finance asset: trees

High quality carbon markets can be used to support non-recourse debt for large-scale afforestation projects.

22 August 2025

Corporate perspectives: Jebsen & Jessen’s Schwartzhaupt on navigating shy investors through export finance

Ralf Schwarzhaupt, CEO, managing partner at Jebsen & Jessen Industrial Solutions, cautions that global uncertainty is making investors shy away from long term decisions....

14 August 2025

IADB issue signals Amazonia and ESG bond push

The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) issued a 10-year bond that not only achieved record investor demand and tighter spreads but also pointed to a strategic pivot...

07 August 2025

Can infra development ride the wave of climate risk?

Infrastructure assets are increasingly under threat from extreme weather events linked to climate change. Adaptation strategies are urgently needed to shield projects...

01 August 2025
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Agriculture/food chain, Renewable energy, Social infrastructure, Social projects

Ukrainian risk: DFIs needed to combat limited local capital

DFI support to Ukrainian borrowers dropped significantly over the past few years. Now, US DFC’s deals are on hold amid resource extraction remuneration, small tickets...

25 July 2025
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Agriculture/food chain, Climate finance, Renewable energy, Social projects, Traditional energy, Waste and water

Only connect: Gambelli’s MDB mission at Maire Met Development

Irene Gambelli, subsidised financing manager at Maire Met Development, discusses her new role, and the part she will play liaising with MDBs and DFIs alongside ECAs to...

19 July 2025

Transparency vs climate accountability

The outcome of a legal case between the US Treasury and an NGO over the IFC’s lack of environmental disclosures for its support of carbon-intensive infra projects could...

11 July 2025

ADB’s green bond sets new euro pricing benchmark

As investors crowd into high-grade ESG debt, ADB’s green bond success offers a window into evolving market appetite and the mounting impetus behind sustainable...

04 July 2025

Are DFIs working where they’re most needed?

DFIs need to look beyond their comfort zones by working more proactively in the world’s lowest income countries. Their support for transition technologies in high-income...

24 June 2025
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Renewable energy

Riding the gusts: Poland progresses offshore wind ambitions

Equinor and Polenergia have closed a landmark project financing for Baltyk 2&3 amid a flurry of activity in the offshore wind sector. Poland has big ambitions to...

17 June 2025

Global 2025: Top takeaways

Scaling up the mobilisation of private capital will need greater cooperation between DFIs, ECAs, and financial institutions, as well as product innovation. But there is a...

13 June 2025

Cuvalo on HBOR’s resilience meets internationalisation philosophy

Hrvoje Čuvalo, President of the Management Board of the Croatian Bank of Reconstruction and Development, HBOR, and host of the Berne Union’s Spring Meeting in Dubrovnik,...

06 June 2025

Why MDBs are tapping short-term bonds in 2025

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....

29 May 2025

Is securitisation the panacea for private capital mobilisation?

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...

19 May 2025
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Traditional energy

Cirebon 1: How will ADB’s first ETM financing with banks work?

International banks are yet to participate in financing under the ADB’s Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM). But a financial blueprint for the phasing out of the Cirebon 1...

12 May 2025

Uxolo talk: AIIB’s Nardelli on its debut HK dollar bond

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)...

01 May 2025
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Finance and other, IT and telecoms, Mining, Renewable energy

How will Trump's tariffs impact projects and US agencies?

The greatest impact of the second Trump administration is likely to be through its application of tariffs on global trade flows. But its impacts on project pipelines and...