Italy’s first sovereign green bonds raised a record $8.5bn from the sustainable debt market today, with…
Topic: loans funding and financing
Loans, funding and financing of infrastructure and commercial projects in Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Central Asia
Two more Indian unicorns join growing herd
Two Indian unicorns this week joined the growing number of subcontinental startups with valuations of over…
Aliyev to pump billions into Nagorno-Karabakh
The Azerbaijani government is drawing up plans to pump billions of government and private-sector dollars into…
Mongolia joins ADB currency-linked bond wagon
Mongolia has raised $7m development capital through an ADB currency-linked bond issue for a sustainable milk…
FTSE 250 welcomes in green, healthcare and social housing funds
FTSE 250: The growing demand for renewable energy, social housing and, of course, healthcare featured strongly…
Work starts on India’s high-speed bullet train as rail network crumbles
India’s dream of enjoying the benefits of high-speed bullet transportation came one step closer to reality…
ADB pledges $5bn to India’s ECEC East Coast Economic Corridor
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday committed $5bn to develop infrastructure along India’s East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC)…
IFC signs up insurance giants to tackle Asian infrastructure needs
The IFC yesterday announced that it had teamed up with the Prudential’s Asian asset management business…
Dhaka hoping for $40bn infrastructure boost from Xi visit to Bangladesh
Xi visit to Bangladesh: As President Xi Jinping prepares to become the first Chinese head of state…
$100m CAREC motorway becomes first ADB-AIIB co-financed project
CAREC motorway: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday agreed to lend Pakistan $100m to complete the remaining 64km…
Tajikistan looks to EBD to fund Nurek Hydro Power plant
Tajikistan is negotiating with Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) and several other financial institutions to raise the…
Azerbaijan sells $1bn Southern Gas Corridor Eurobond
Southern Gas Corridor Eurobond: Azerbaijan’s Southern Gas Corridor company has raised $1bn in a 10-year Eurobond at a…
EU warns major European banks off placing Russian Eurobonds
A number of large European banks including BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse Group, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and UBS…
Russian eurobond issue to go ahead with or without US participation
Russian eurobond issue: Russia is to go ahead with plans to raise finance through a $3bn eurobond…
Russia sues Ukraine over $3bn debt
Russia sues Ukraine: Russia has filed a lawsuit against Ukraine at London’s High Court after the two…
Almaty looking to borrow $8bn to fund Kazakh road construction programme
Kazakh road construction: Kazakhstan is looking to raise $8bn in loans to fund its 4,700km road construction…
IMF ready to offer Azerbaijan rescue package ‘without preconditions’
Azerbaijan rescue package: The IMF is ready to help Azerbaijan”without any preconditions,” its Managing Director Christine Lagarde said…
Azerbaijan to issue $2bn Southern Gas Corridor bonds
Southern Gas Corridor bonds: Azerbaijan is getting ready to go on the road next month in a bid…
Hong Kong bankers out to capture major slice of OBOR project financing
Hong Kong bankers and private equity players are on a mission to capitalise on the infrastructure financing opportunities that China’s…
Chinese banks agree to finance Jordanian shale projects
Jordanian shale: The Bank of China and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) yesterday agreed…
ADB-AIIB cooperation ‘win-win’ situation – Nakao
ADB-AIIB: Cooperation between the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the newly-formed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will…
Russia to take Ukraine through UK courts over eurobond default
Eurobond default: Russia is going to file a lawsuit against Ukraine after Kiev failed to repay its $3bn Eurobond…
Ukraine set to default on $3bn Russian bond debt as tensions escalate
Russian bond debt: Ukraine has said that it does not intend to repay the $3 billion…
Islamic Development Bank invited to invest in TAPI pipeline project
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) was this weekend invited to invest in the 1,735km TAPI pipeline project…