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Uxolo Global 2022: Development & Impact Finance
On-Demand
In partnership with the GIIN Investor Forum
Bringing its unique approach to delivering conferences, Uxolo Global 2022: Development & Impact Finance was an innovative and vitally important networking event in development finance. The industry came together on 11th October in The Hague as we theorised how the industry can mobilise large-scale private capital investment in climate, infrastructure and development finance projects.
Mobilising private capital into global development projects supporting the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is of course a key priority for the MDBs & DFIs; and to help facilitate these blended finance structures we were delighted to be partnering with the Global Impact Investing Network's GIIN Investor Forum, which took place on the 12th & 13th October (after Uxolo Global), also in The Hague.
The partnership of these two events side by side was the perfect way to capitalise on networking opportunities between public and private capital during this period; with Uxolo bringing public institutions and The GIIN bringing private impact investors to the blended finance party. It was a match made in heaven.
Top Takeaways 2022
1. There is a huge issue getting scale in emerging markets. As shown by our data, ECAs have increasingly moved to developed markets, and DFIs alone cannot fill the gap. Mobilising private capital is therefore essential. Accessing impact finance as allocated by some institutional investors remains limited however , as some pension funds for example are restricted in how much they can allocate to emerging markets - sometimes only 2-3%.
2. One solution to this can be on a portfolio level, where a DFI guarantees an entire portfolio, and an investor provides capital into the portfolio as a whole, rather than specific projects. IFC and AfDB have already begun exploring this route. Another option could be bundling GSS bonds together and again, bringing in external capital that way.
3. Institutional partnerships are unsurprisingly a big trend. The size of the capital that needs to be provided. whether in terms of ESG or poverty alleviation / infra, is so large, that no one group of institutions can do it alone. One example of a very good partnership has been Afreximbank reinsurance of their entire portfolio using Marsh. Everyone knows exactly how to access the programme and dealing with a single insurance broker simplifies the process.
4. There is a huge challenge creating enough pipeline for potential private investors. One option could be to see if investors might be prepared to allocate funds further up the chain, liaising with governments directly to create more projects; providing funds for capacity building.
5. There are a number of big data initiatives in the market (JIM, GEMS), as there is an admission that there is not enough consistent data to attract private capital or institutional investors at scale. Part of that comes down to consistent labelling and definitions. But also DFIs have access to a database (GEMS) that impact investors / private capital cannot access. More info on portfolio size and default rates is needed.
6. DFIs need to do a better job pricing their service into projects. Some DFIs do not charge at market rates, and so projects are not as interesting or given as much attention as they should be. There is a growing trend of younger, more commercial DFIs who are pricing their services into deals, and it will be interesting to see how this develops, with ideally shorter lead times to project close also.
Speakers
Stéphanie Émond
Chief Impact Officer
FinDev Canada
Leticia Ferreras
Portfolio Manager
Allianz Global Investors
Catherine Godschalk
VP Investments
Calvert Impact Capital
Victoria Miles
Founding Partner
ImpactA Global
Dietske Simons
Director of Finance
FMO - Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank
Tavraj Banga
Co-Head Helios CLEAR Fund
Helios Group
Kofi Asumadu Addo
Head, Guarantees & Specialised Finance
Afreximbank
Wee Kii Teh
Portfolio Manager
Allianz Global Investors
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Stéphanie Émond
Chief Impact Officer
FinDev Canada
Leticia Ferreras
Portfolio Manager
Allianz Global Investors
Catherine Godschalk
VP Investments
Calvert Impact Capital
Victoria Miles
Founding Partner
ImpactA Global
Dietske Simons
Director of Finance
FMO - Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank
Tavraj Banga
Co-Head Helios CLEAR Fund
Helios Group
Kofi Asumadu Addo
Head, Guarantees & Specialised Finance
Afreximbank
Wee Kii Teh
Portfolio Manager
Allianz Global Investors
Tatiana Nikiforova
Managing Director
Delphos
Robert Besseling
CEO
Pangea Risk
Antonio Mena
Senior Finance Manager
Bechtel
Charlotte Hampshire
Director
BPL Global
Eduardo Oliveira
CEO
HOMT España S.A.
Zsoka Koczan
Associate Director, Senior Economist
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Isabella Da Costa Mendes
Founding partner and co-CEO
ImpactA Global
Daniel Borrego Cubero
Head, Debt Mobilisation Product Development at EBRD
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Paul Horrocks
Head of Unit for Private Finance for Sustainable Development
Oecd
Roman Matkiwsky
Director, Energy & Infrastructure
Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB)
Hesham Zakai
Managing Director
TXF
Jessica Brown
Content Manager
TXF
Nick Jones
Market Development Manager
Shell Foundation
Duncan Vink
Joint Managing Director
SIGNATURE Agri Investments
Chris Gorell Barnes
Founding Partner
Ocean 14 Capital
Avinash Mishra
Managing Director
Global Innovation Fund
Ope Onibokun
Investment Director - Infrastructure & Climate
British International Investing (BII)
Martin Gauss
Head of Unit, Development Policy
Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG - OeEB
Sam McManus
Director
TXF
Julia Wakeling Bird
Head of Impact and ESG
Silverstreet Capital Llp
Phil Davis
Director of ESG at Helios Investment Partners
Helios Group
Alix Peterson Zwane
CEO
Global Innovation Fund
Luiscela Moreno Jiménez
Senior Investment Manager, Private Sector & Trade Finance
OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund)
Jan Malan
Investment Director
British International Investing (BII)
Christian Novak
MP
Delphos
Martha Brown
Director
The Texel Group
Ross Ferguson
Senior Private Sector Adviser
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Tim Streeter
Head of Investor Relations
Private Infrastructure Development Group ( PIDG )
Dave Portmann
Partner
MOBILIST
Tara Collier
Director for Impact Investing & Sustainable Finance
Chemonics
Marc Ricart
Managing Partner
Exagon Impact Capital
Carrie Walczak
Senior Sustainable Finance Advisor
FMO Development Bank
Asger Garnak
Investment and Finance Lead
CONCITO
Vikram Widge
Senior Advisor
Climate Policy Initiative
Idsert Boersma
Director Partnerships for Impact
FMO Development Bank
Camilla Nestor
CEO
MCE Social Capital
2022 Attendees
- Bechtel
- Helios Group
- Easy Solar
- HOMT España S.A.
- Record Currency Management
- Rabobank
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- Canada Infrastructure Bank
- ING Bank
- IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative
- Trade & Development Bank (TDB)
- innpact
- Deutsche Bank
- ResponsAbility
- Incofin Investment Management
- Phatisa
- BNP Paribas
- BNDES
- Inter-American Development Bank
- Bpifrance
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- FMO Development Bank
- CAF - Development Bank of Latin America
- Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
- Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)
- FinDev Canada
- World Bank Group
- The Danish Development Finance Institution ( IFU )
- Finnfund
- FMO Development Bank & Joint Impact Model Foundation
- New Development Bank
- Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB)
- Afreximbank
- U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
- KfW
- Nepal Infrastructure Bank Ltd.
- Proparco
- African Development Bank (AfDB)
- Infrastructure South Africa
- National Treasury of South Africa
- OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund)
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
- Aegon Asset Management
- TXF
- ImpactDev Africa
- SilverStreet Capital
- Grofin
- Chemonics
- Moblist
- Calvert Impact Capital
- Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU)
- British International Investing (BII)
- abc Impact
- Global Innovation Fund
- MOBILIST
- Aegon
- Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
- BAF II
- Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance
- Allianz Global Investors
- Systemiq
- AR Consult
- The Rockefeller Foundation
- BPL Global
- Creative Associates International
- CrossBoundary Energy
- Delphos
- KOIS Advisory
- Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG - OeEB
- Shell Foundation
- MCE Social Capital
- TF Consulting
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Texel Finance Ltd.
- FMO - Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank
- Pangea Risk
- Consilium Capital
- AXA XL
- CONCITO
- Southeast Europe Management LLC
- Marsh JLT Specialty
- Eighteen East Capital
- Uxolo
- Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
- MassMutual
- The Texel Group
- JIM Foundation
- Cardano Development
- Climate Policy Initiative
- Private Infrastructure Development Group ( PIDG )
- ImpactA Global
- Heifer International
- WH Ireland
- Silverstreet Capital Llp
- Batlhabine Foundation
- Oecd
- Willis Towers Watson
- International Climate Finance Accelerator
- Tysers
- Palladium Impact Capital
- Ocean 14 Capital
- Exagon Impact Capital
- SIGNATURE Agri Investments
- Bechtel
- Helios Group
- Easy Solar
- HOMT España S.A.
- Record Currency Management
- Rabobank
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- Canada Infrastructure Bank
- ING Bank
- IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative
- Trade & Development Bank (TDB)
- innpact
- Deutsche Bank
- ResponsAbility
- Incofin Investment Management
- Phatisa
- BNP Paribas
- BNDES
- Inter-American Development Bank
- Bpifrance
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- FMO Development Bank
- CAF - Development Bank of Latin America
- Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
- Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)
- FinDev Canada
- World Bank Group
- The Danish Development Finance Institution ( IFU )
- Finnfund
- FMO Development Bank & Joint Impact Model Foundation
- New Development Bank
- Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB)
- Afreximbank
- U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
- KfW
- Nepal Infrastructure Bank Ltd.
- Proparco
- African Development Bank (AfDB)
- Infrastructure South Africa
- National Treasury of South Africa
- OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund)
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
- Aegon Asset Management
- TXF
- ImpactDev Africa
- SilverStreet Capital
- Grofin
- Chemonics
- Moblist
- Calvert Impact Capital
- Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU)
- British International Investing (BII)
- abc Impact
- Global Innovation Fund
- MOBILIST
- Aegon
- Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
- BAF II
- Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance
- Allianz Global Investors
- Systemiq
- AR Consult
- The Rockefeller Foundation
- BPL Global
- Creative Associates International
- CrossBoundary Energy
- Delphos
- KOIS Advisory
- Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG - OeEB
- Shell Foundation
- MCE Social Capital
- TF Consulting
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Texel Finance Ltd.
- FMO - Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank
- Pangea Risk
- Consilium Capital
- AXA XL
- CONCITO
- Southeast Europe Management LLC
- Marsh JLT Specialty
- Eighteen East Capital
- Uxolo
- Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
- MassMutual
- The Texel Group
- JIM Foundation
- Cardano Development
- Climate Policy Initiative
- Private Infrastructure Development Group ( PIDG )
- ImpactA Global
- Heifer International
- WH Ireland
- Silverstreet Capital Llp
- Batlhabine Foundation
- Oecd
- Willis Towers Watson
- International Climate Finance Accelerator
- Tysers
- Palladium Impact Capital
- Ocean 14 Capital
- Exagon Impact Capital
- SIGNATURE Agri Investments
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Developers
- Bechtel
- Helios Group
- Easy Solar
- HOMT España S.A.
Funds
- Record Currency Management
- Rabobank
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- Canada Infrastructure Bank
- ING Bank
- IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative
- Trade & Development Bank (TDB)
- innpact
- Deutsche Bank
- ResponsAbility
- Incofin Investment Management
- Phatisa
- BNP Paribas
Banks
- BNDES
- Inter-American Development Bank
- Bpifrance
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- FMO Development Bank
- CAF - Development Bank of Latin America
- Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
- Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)
- FinDev Canada
- World Bank Group
- The Danish Development Finance Institution ( IFU )
- Finnfund
- FMO Development Bank & Joint Impact Model Foundation
- New Development Bank
- Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB)
- Afreximbank
- U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
- KfW
- Nepal Infrastructure Bank Ltd.
- Proparco
- African Development Bank (AfDB)
Governments
- Infrastructure South Africa
- National Treasury of South Africa
- OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund)
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Other
- Aegon Asset Management
- TXF
- ImpactDev Africa
- SilverStreet Capital
- Grofin
- Chemonics
- Moblist
- Calvert Impact Capital
- Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU)
- British International Investing (BII)
- abc Impact
- Global Innovation Fund
- MOBILIST
- Aegon
- Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
- BAF II
- Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance
- Allianz Global Investors
- Systemiq
- AR Consult
- The Rockefeller Foundation
- BPL Global
- Creative Associates International
- CrossBoundary Energy
- Delphos
- KOIS Advisory
- Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG - OeEB
- Shell Foundation
- MCE Social Capital
- TF Consulting
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Texel Finance Ltd.
- FMO - Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank
- Pangea Risk
- Consilium Capital
- AXA XL
- CONCITO
- Southeast Europe Management LLC
- Marsh JLT Specialty
- Eighteen East Capital
- Uxolo
- Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
- MassMutual
- The Texel Group
- JIM Foundation
- Cardano Development
- Climate Policy Initiative
- Private Infrastructure Development Group ( PIDG )
- ImpactA Global
- Heifer International
- WH Ireland
- Silverstreet Capital Llp
- Batlhabine Foundation
- Oecd
- Willis Towers Watson
- International Climate Finance Accelerator
- Tysers
- Palladium Impact Capital
- Ocean 14 Capital
- Exagon Impact Capital
- SIGNATURE Agri Investments
Event Report 2023
Uxolo Awards 2021
Uxolo Development Finance Awards 2021: Pathfinders through the pandemic
We are delighted to present the Uxolo Development Finance Awards 2021 at Uxolo Global 2022: Development & Impact Finance in the Hague on 11 October!
There have been few years when development finance institutions have been tasked with more, although 2022-2023 will likely see an even greater uptick on the demand for DFI/MDB backing. Despite the enormity of fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, innovation was rife in 2021, not only in pandemic-related funding but on all the SDGs. Uxolo is recognising those achievements with the launch of its annual awards, an independent and editorially-driven take on the best of development finance in 2021.
Read more about the awards and winning deals here!
The Winners of 2021:
☆ Hydrogen Deal of the Year 2021 ☆
CEOG Hydrogen
☆ Water Deal of the Year 2021 ☆
Bita Water
☆ Ground Transport Deal of the Year 2021 ☆
Kekava Bypass
☆ Air Transport Deal of the Year ☆
Almaty Airport Expansion
☆ Municipal Deal of the Year 2021 ☆
Smart Luz
☆ Onshore Wind Deal of the Year 2021 ☆
Lotus Wind
☆ Large Hydro Deal of the Year 2021 ☆
Kinguele Aval
☆ Solar Deal of the Year 2021 ☆
Kom Ombo Solar
☆ Transition Energy Deal of the Year 2021 ☆
Basrah Gas
A huge congratulations to all our winners of 2021!
Venue
Uxolo Global 2022 will be taking place at The Hague Marriott hotel:
Johan de Wittlaan 30, 2517 JR Den Haag, Netherlands
Accommodation
The group rate at the hotel is no longer available. As the Marriott is now sold out.
Here are nearby hotels within a 15 minute walk from the venue:
Rich in heritage, The Hague is a Royal City and the seat of government in The Netherlands. The historic city center includes a working palace; and as the International capital of Peace and Justice, most foreign embassies and 150 international organizations are located here. Easy access puts guests just 25 minutes from Rotterdam-The Hague Airport and 35 minutes from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.
Testimonials
The event offered very insightful panels and it was a fantastic networking opportunity for investors from various backgrounds. Working for a DFI I found it particularly interesting to hear about the initiatives and business models of private capital investors.
Natalie De Wit
Head of Strategy
DEG
A forum that is providing the DFI community an opportunity to rethink their role and responsibilities in climate finance.
Shyam Radia
Senior Legal Adviser
SilverStreet Capital
The Event was well organised and brought together a range of global stakeholders to engage in meaningful discussion regarding innovative capital solutions and strategies to address the climate crisis.
Alejandro Litovsky
Founder & CEO
Earth Security Group
The Uxolo event was great. The presentations were kind of a lighbulb moment for me. Looking forward to the next one.
Hester DeCasper
Regional Head of Operations
IFC
The virtual climate finance networking and intelligence platform has been providing real-time feedback loops from COP26 and Multi-Development Banks’ Financial decisions, sharing the news with its audience that helps crowd-in private capital investors.
Sarvesh Suri
Director of Climate, Energy, Extractives, Financial & Capital Markets
MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
It was with great pleasure that I joined Uxolo as a speaker during their “Climate Finance: Accelerating the flow of private capital to climate action” event. Participating in the event was seamless, the conversations where engaging & insightful, and the connections made during the event have continued outside the conference.
Pierre-Laurent Macridis
Private alternative & impact investments
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