Atlas closes debt for Brazilian solar
Actis portfolio company Atlas Renewable Energy has closed financing for a 359MW solar project in Brazil
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DFC partners with Shell on renewables
- Trade Flow
- Global
- Angus Leslie Melville
The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) and Shell Foundation today announced a new collaboration to bring affordable renewable energy to more than 5 million people in low-income areas of Africa and Asia by 2025
Life insurer digests entire ADB education bond
- David Doré
Chiyoda City, Tokyo-headquartered Dai-ichi Life Insurance purchased the entire education bond from Asian Development Bank (ADB) – the multilateral’s first in the sector.
Qatar to proceed with world’s largest LNG project
- Export and Agency
- Africa & Middle East
- Arran Brown
Qatar Petroleum has taken the final investment decision on developing the North Field East (NFE) project – the world’s largest LNG project.
UK warns to cease Libor loans from April
- Supply Chain
- Europe
- Maya Chavvakula
UK government advised lenders not to extend Libor loans from this April, with the benchmark slated to be phased out completely by the end of the year
Motel steps up at Commerzbank
- Market Moves
- Europe
- Angus Leslie Melville
Jörg Motel has stepped up to the role of global head of product management trade finance at Commerzbank, operating out of the Frankfurt office
UK debates EU trade
- Trade Flow
- Europe
- Angus Leslie Melville
Committee Chairs from the Welsh Parliament, Scottish Parliament and House of Commons will tomorrow share their experiences of the common frameworks programme to date, with the House of Lords Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee
DBP to finance Philippines' waste PPP
- Export and Agency
- Asia & Pacific
- Civi Yap
Philippines' Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has tapped the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) for the financing of up to 300 sanitary landfills across the country
Kenyan micro projects gather pace
- Export and Agency
- Africa & Middle East
- Angus Leslie Melville
Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) has launched a call for tenders for the hybridisation of 23 diesel mini-grids with plans to retire diesel generation with solar and wind power
Westpac seeks buyer for non-core asset
- Trade Flow
- Asia & Pacific
- Maya Chavvakula
Australia’s oldest bank Westpac has started the search for a buyer for it’s superannuation business BT Super as a part of its strategy to off load non-core assets to focus on banking
DFIs invest in India health PPPs
- Export and Agency
- Asia & Pacific
- David Doré
Asian Development Bank (ADB), Danish development finance institution Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU) and DCDC Healthcare Services (DCDC) signed agreements for a combined $21.5 million in equity to increase DCDC’s capacity to provide renal treatment services in India.
DFIs lend on Yellow Door’s Jordan solar fleet
- Export and Agency
- Africa & Middle East
- James Hebert
Three DFIs have signed with Dubai-based solar developer Yellow Door Energy a $31.2 million debt package for an eight-strong solar power plant portfolio comprising 48.3MW of installed power capacity
EBRD signs pandemic loan to Tunisia’s STEG
- Export and Agency
- Africa & Middle East
- James Hebert
The EBRD has signed with Tunisia's energy utility STEG a €300 million loan to support Tunisia’s energy sector through the Covid-19 pandemic
AGTB scores trade finance first
- Trade Flow
- Africa & Middle East
- Angus Leslie Melville
The world's first digital trade finance bank based in the UAE – Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank (AGTB) – has chosen Fenergo, a provider of digital Client Lifecycle Management solutions (CLM) to deploy its CLM platform.
KfW IPEX moves up Bevc
- Trade Flow
- Europe
- Maya Chavvakula
KfW IPEX has made up infrastructure veteran Christian Bevc to global head of its syndications and treasury division.
DFIs express concern about Myanmar
- Export and Agency
- Asia & Pacific
- David Doré
Development finance institutions are responding to the coup d'état that started on Monday morning in Myanmar
DBSA launches green bond
- Export and Agency
- Africa & Middle East
- James Hebert
The DBSA has issued a €200 million bond through a private placement with the French Development Agency
Barbados airport PPP delayed
- Export and Agency
- Americas
- Ila Patel
The government of Barbados and Grantley Adams International Airport have announced that the RFP for the concession to expand and improve operations at the airport will not be launched before April 2021 due to the impact of COVID-19
Ebong scoops top USTDA role
- Export and Agency
- Americas
- Angus Leslie Melville
President Joseph R Biden has named Enoh T Ebong as the acting director of the US Trade and Development Agency
IDB signs Chilean genco securitization deal
- Export and Agency
- Americas
- Carmen Arroyo Nieto
IDB Invest has signed a deal to support a group of Chilean power producers affected by a power price freeze through the securitization of receivables
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Xiamen Xiangyu steel plant, Indonesia
- Export and Agency
- Asia & Pacific
- Civi Yap
In the last month of 2020, violent protests raged at one of Indonesia’s largest smelters in Virtue Dragon Industrial Park, South Sulawesi. Workers were demonstrating as they demanded higher salaries and permanent employment contracts
UEP Penonomé II, Panama
- Export and Agency
- Americas
- Carmen Arroyo Nieto
InterEnergy Group’s recent refinancing of two renewable energy projects in Panama – one of which is named for a papal encyclical – was the first issuance of green bonds from the private sector in Central America. Investors gave the deal their full blessing
