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Blended finance in fragile contexts: Ukraine as a test case
27 March 2025An OECD and Environmental Finance conference discussed the role of blended finance in crises and conflict-affected contexts, using Ukraine as an example. Romina Bandura and Emilia Stazi summarise
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Camco looking for portfolio guarantees to help crowd-in private sector
06 March 2025Following its successful first close of its blended finance vehicle, Camco's Benjamin Hugues tells Jennifer Forrest how it has kickstarted the process of finding extra risk mitigation instruments to help attract private sector investors
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Unlocking local currency finance: The EBRD's SME local currency programme
04 March 2025The development bank's programme is helping to strengthen financial markets, writes Thea Kokhreidze and Callum Thomas
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Disasters and currency risk: implications for development and climate finance
21 February 2025Foreign exchange risk is a development risk, and tackling it should be a core pillar of global efforts to build resilience in disaster-prone economies, write Ulrich Volz, Yuen Lo, Harald Hirschhofer and Callum Thomas
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Driving impact through infrastructure
17 February 2025Philippe Valahu and Callum Thomas explain the role of PIDG's Emerging Africa and Asia Infrastructure Fund
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'No one got fired for investing in a BlackRock US mid-sized lending strategy'
10 February 2025A conference heard that flexibility on fiduciary duty is needed to unlock sustainable investments in emerging market investments, Jennifer Forrest reports
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Ashmore's approach to transforming EMDE public debt markets
06 February 2025Ashmore will launch its debut Impact Debt fund later this year, targeting EMDE hard currency fixed income, write Callum Thomas, Simon Cooke and Ben Underhill
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To support climate adaptation, experienced fund managers must take the lead
03 February 2025We need to see more money flowing towards adaptation, urgently, writes Regina Rossmann
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From concept to catalyst: ILX's strategy for sustainable investment in emerging markets
30 January 2025ILX has created a replicable and scalable model that can be adapted to various contexts, write Callum Thomas and Sofía Vega Núñez
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Scottish National Investment Bank eyes pension fund as co-investors
30 January 2025Its new investment arm aims to encourage pension funds to allocate capital, Sandy MacDonald tells Jennifer Forrest