UN Secretary-General's Envoy for Climate Action Michael Bloomberg has launched the Climate Finance Leadership Initiative, with six influential finance sector leaders as founding members

Mainstream Renewable Power has secured a euro-denominated corporate trade finance loan to fund sponsor equity associated with its 1.3GW Andes Renovables portfolio in Chile as well as early-stage development costs globally

Petrobras announced on 17 January that it has resumed the process to sell 90% of its pipeline subsidiary Transportadora Associada de Gás

Asian Development Bank has approved funding for the $121 million Shu solar power plant in south east Kazakhstan

As part of General Electric’s divestment of assets held by GE Capital, MUFG Union Bank has agreed to acquire Trade Payable Services (TPS) for an undisclosed sum

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed agreements to finance two road projects in and around Côte d’Ivoire's capital city Abidjan

The World Bank will provide up to $250 million in guarantees to support projects from the Argentine renewable energy programme, the RenovAr round 2 tender

UAE’s Etihad Rail has invited pre-qualification bids for an O&M contract for the second stage of the country’s $11 billion national rail project

Sheharyar Chughtai has joined Asian Development Bank as a PPP specialist

The EBRD will provide Uzbekenergo with an up-to $240 million loan – its largest financing in Uzbekistan – to expand the capacity of the Talimarjan power complex (TPC) in Kashkadarya

The EBRD named new regional heads for the Caucasus as well as Romania and Bulgaria in January 2019

The African Development Bank and European Commission have signed co-financing agreements for a €399 million power interconnection project between Cameroon and Chad, and a €79 million fibre optic scheme in Niger and Chad

The African Development Bank has approved a $32.5 million investment in the emerging markets renewable energy infrastructure-focused Climate Investor One platform, managed by Netherlands-based Climate Fund Managers

Export-Import Bank of Thailand announced today the appointment of Pornsuree Thaisriharaj as senior vice-president of banking, effective immediately

The sponsors of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline project, which will deliver natural gas from the Greece/Turkey border to Southern Italy, have today confirmed it has reached financial close

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is to set up a $500 million infrastructure company bonds portfolio

The AfDB and EBRD have co-signed a €150 million ($172 million) loan to Tunisia’s Ministry of Development (MDICI) and National Office of Sanitation (ONAS) to finance sanitation infrastructure across the North African state

World Bank and Pakistan have signed a $97 million financing package for a 400MW solar project to increase solar power generation and access to electricity in Sindh province

Vinci Airports has reached financial close on its 25-year project to finance, operate, maintain, extend and upgrade the terminal and runways of Serbia’s Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport