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Lloyd’s of London has identified several financial instruments that could boost investment in resilience against disaster. The solutions incorporate features of loans, bonds, catastrophe bonds and securitization. -
Deutsche Bank has grown its private placement desk after making two hires from rival banks.
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World Bank treasurer Arunma Oteh is leaving the institution in December this year to join Oxford University.
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The Green Climate Fund’s 21st board meeting, which ended on Saturday in Bahrain, proved far more fruitful than the last one, which produced four days of painful gridlock and failed to agree any new projects. This time, the UN body approved 19 projects totalling $1.04bn.
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The African Development Bank’s $500m portfolio credit insurance deal, to be announced on Monday October 22, is one of the first of its kind, but is very likely to be followed by further such transactions, as experience in this area grows and other development finance institutions explore the potential benefits.
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Multilateral development banks are increasingly seeking creative ways to strengthen their arms by getting private capital to invest alongside them, magnifying their efforts. The International Finance Corp has long been one of the most active in this field, and thanks to a fund it launched five years ago, it last year achieved a co-investment ratio of over 100%.
