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...

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...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) priced a $2 billion fixed rate dollar benchmark bond this month despite volatile market conditions and a lack of MDB supply. The bond...

Kjell Forsberg explains the strengthening of the ‘team Sweden’ development offering under his new role heading up a new department of trade, private sector and financial...

The AIIB tapped the public Hong Kong dollar bond market for a landmark HK$4 billion ($514 million) three-year issue as the Beijing-based MDB adds another instrument to...

Uxolo's awards recognise innovation and effort in putting development capital to work, but also the strides that DFIs, MDBs and impact investors have made in raising that...

The Defence, Security and Resilience (DSR) Bank could answer Nato members’ defence spending needs, particularly in EU states. But what would such a bank modelled on MDBs...

Uxolo spoke with Manfred Schepers, CEO at ILX Fund to discuss how its MDB-backed portfolio is yielding credit margin returns of 4% for its broad church of investors, and...

Disclosures on a business’ operations and risks in environmental stewardship, social responsibility and corporate governance play an important part in how it is seen by...

Indonesia will need to seriously pick up the pace of both renewables and coal retirement financing to meet a 2040 coal phase-out ambition. A lacklustre and...

SAF projects are complex to finance, with short offtake contracts and high prices often deterring project finance lenders. SAFCO Ventures has lowered costs to secure a...

As Uzbekistan looks to meet growing gas demand while phasing out inefficient Soviet-era power facilities, a DFI/ECA-backed financing for the 1.6GW Surkhandarya CCGT...

If 2024 was the year of development banks and institutional investors getting to know each other better, Nadia Nikolova, managing director, lead portfolio manager...

Asia has traditionally lagged behind the rest of the world in the use of project finance for energy and infrastructure assets. Could securitisation and private credit...

MDBs and DFIs have sharpened their product suites in their bid mobilise private capital and realise the race to net zero emissions. But what were the standout innovations...

With 1.2GW of wind and solar projects now financed, Azerbaijan has made substantial progress in procuring renewables projects. A consistent project pipeline will be...

The financing backing the Rio Cobre water treatment plant in Jamaica has signed. Project sponsors tapped heavy DFI support to push out the tenor envelope to 20 years,...

Uxolo finds Marie Aglert, chief investment officer and head of investment organisation at Swedfund, in a buoyant mood. With a recent capital boost and new offices opening...

Every article should have a call to action in the 'standfirst'. It's particularly tough to do that on an obituary for a much loved friend and colleague. Perhaps an...

Donald Trump might be an avowed America-first politician, and might have a deep suspicion of multilateral geopolitics. But his first term saw the creation of a powerhouse...