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  • Nigeria’s Bank of Industry, which is majority state-owned, has raised a $1bn syndicated loan in one of the rare sparks of emerging market loan activity over the last 12 months. After a disappointing year, bankers are longing for a return to pre-Covid issuance volumes.
  • Asia’s loans bankers are starting the new year with some optimism that the market will improve after a difficult 2020.
  • The V20 group of finance ministers from countries especially vulnerable to climate change has prepared a Climate Prosperity Plan — analogous to a green new deal — which it hopes will help member countries devise 10 year investment plans to recover from Covid-19 while becoming more climate-resilient.
  • The problem of ocean plastic is so daunting that it is tempting to despair, believing nothing can be done — or at least, that only the might of governments and international organisations stands a chance. A few entrepreneurs, however, are convinced this fight can become investable for mainstream capital markets.
  • The World Bank’s IFC has provided a $200m loan to Nedbank, which is part of a broader attempt to help South African banks grow their green finance operations.
  • In November, GlobalCapital polled loan market participants for its 18th Syndicated Loan and Leveraged Finance Awards. The nominations are listed below, in alphabetical order. We will reveal the winners at a virtual event in February. Further details on the event will be laid out on our website in January. We congratulate the nominees.