Today’s guest is Silvia Gavornikova, Head of Export Credits and Competition Division at the OECD. With over 20 years of experience in export finance - as well as some...
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...
Cooperation, transparency and governance are not new buzzwords in the development, export and project finance space. These words echo like a mantra through an editorial...
International banks are yet to participate in a financing under the ADB’s Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM). But a financial blueprint for the phasing out of the Cirebon...
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)...
Uxolo speaks with Faruq Muhammad, Global Head, Development & Agency Finance at Standard Chartered Bank, guiding listeners through candid conversations on the bank’s role...
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...
IFC has extended $300 million to Pakistan’s Reko Diq copper-gold mine. This could suggest that DFIs are expanding their support for the minerals industry as demand ramps...
Today’s Exile is Beatriz Perez Perazzo, Managing Director of the Latin American Portfolio at Global Recovery Group.
Argentina has secured a major investment programme with the support of the World Bank, the IMF and the IDB. This is a step on from the economic crisis that engulfed the...
Today’s Exile is Ayodeji (DJ) Olaifa, Vice President, Senior Business Development Officer at KfW IPEX Bank. A seasoned financier, storyteller, and self-professed...
The EIB has raised its first bond aligned with the EU Green Bond Standard in a bid to provide a template for other developments banks to follow suit. But is the issuance...
Today’s Exile is Marlon Smith, Managing Partner at JLC Infrastructure. As well as heading up Magic Johnson’s infrastructure fund, Marlon is a keen musician and propounder...
Uxolo speaks with Bart Raemaekers Head of Syndications & Concessional Financings at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) 'the climate bank of Asia'; delving into the...
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 diversifies its funding mix...
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...
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 reality, actual risk transfer remains the outlier, not the norm. Is this product the magic bullet MDBs need to mobilise private capital?