The FINANCIAL -- The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved a $500 million loan to reinforce Turkmenistan’s transmission network, improve the reliability of the country’s power supply, and increase electricity exports to neighboring ...
The FINANCIAL -- The Board of Directors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $75 million grant to help in the development of horticulture value chains in Afghanistan, empowering ...
The FINANCIAL -- The EBRD and Waterfall Asset Management are joining B2Holding in investing in an non-performing loan (NPL) portfolio originated by Alpha Bank, a leading Greek lender. The EBRD’s ...
The FINANCIAL -- Survey respondents reported that, on balance, credit terms and conditions offered to counterparties tightened for both securities financing and over-the-counter (OTC) derivative ...
The FINANCIAL -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved the capital expenditure proposal for Stage 1 of Digital Agenda 2030. The Digital Agenda provides the vision and roadmap for ADB’s ...
The FINANCIAL -- Financial performance -- Reported profit before tax for 9M18 of $16.6bn was 12% higher than for 9M17, reflecting revenue growth in all of our global businesses, partly offset by ...
The FINANCIAL -- The Republic of Seychelles has launched the world’s first sovereign blue bond—a pioneering financial instrument designed to support sustainable marine and fisheries ...
The FINANCIAL -- ING and Korea Housing Finance Corporation (KHFC) have worked together on the first social covered bond in Asia. ING acted as a joint lead manager and joint book runner for this ...
The FINANCIAL -- Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, the growth-focused private investment platform within Morgan Stanley Investment Management, announced that it has closed on approximately $400 ...
The FINANCIAL -- Visa and Billtrust announced that they are collaborating on Billtrust’s Business Payments Network (BPN), which is designed to streamline the delivery of electronic B2B payments to ...
The FINANCIAL -- Societe Generale has entered into an agreement to sell Euro Bank, its Retail banking subsidiary in Poland, to Bank Millennium. The closing of the transaction is expected to take ...
The FINANCIAL -- The World Bank Group and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have committed to work together to unlock at least $1billion in investments in innovative sanitation solutions to ...
The FINANCIAL -- The EBRD is becoming a shareholder in Bank BGŻ BNP Paribas S.A. with an investment of PLN 430 million corresponding to a stake of about 4.5 per ...
The FINANCIAL -- IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, together with consortium partners EBRD, APS Delta, and Balbec Capital LP, is investing about €50 million to acquire a portfolio of ...
The FINANCIAL -- Mastercard and global non-profit Accion today announced a first-of-its-kind partnership to bring their worldwide networks and resources together to transform millions of underserved ...
The FINANCAIL -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Mongolia signed loan and grant agreements totaling $85.6 million for projects focused on developing the country’s first ...
The FINANCIAL -- BNP Paribas Group announces the closing of the acquisition of the core banking operations of Raiffeisen Bank Polska, merged with the subsidiary of BNP Paribas in Poland, BGZ BNP ...