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The rise of passive investment has changed how global capital is allocated. A growing share of professionally managed assets is no longer directed security by security, but through indices and the exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track them. This short note explores why development finance should engage with the infrastructure of passive investment.
Read moreThis report documents the design, structure, and early impact of Pakistan's first PKR-denominated, rated, and secured green bond — the Parwaaz Green Action Bond (PGAB). Launched by Parwaaz Financial Services, with support from MOBILIST, the bond demonstrates how domestic capital markets can help finance climate action at scale while supporting SMEs and critical social infrastructure.
Read moreThis Risk Control study, commissioned by MOBILIST and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), examines the role of specialist guarantee companies in boosting investment and growth in developing countries. The report aims to inform donor-country decision makers considering whether to invest in specialist guarantee companies.
Read moreWeak exit routes and limited liquidity constrain capital markets in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). Across infrastructure and real estate, project developers often struggle to sell down or refinance operating assets, which slows capital recycling and constrains their ability to originate new projects. This report examines how scalable secondary market vehicles can help address these constraints by providing structured exit pathways for existing investors, improving liquidity, and supporting more effective capital recycling.
Read moreGender-lens investing is no longer a peripheral innovation – it is an essential evolution in sustainable finance. By strengthening data infrastructure, harmonising frameworks, and expanding technical assistance, investors and issuers alike can help catalyse a more inclusive financial ecosystem. The opportunity is clear: mainstreaming gender across capital markets is not only a moral and social imperative, it is a material driver of long-term value and resilience.
Read moreMOBILIST's Blueprint to Listing reports provide prospective issuers with clear and practical guidance on what is required to put together and list specific product structures.
Read moreThis MOBILIST Research Report explores routes to sustainable development and climate impact in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) through the public markets. It demonstrates that EMDE investors can generate additional impact at scale by investing in listed instruments.
Read moreMOBILIST technical assistance has funded the creation of two practical guides to enable Mexican SMEs to take full advantage of recent changes in regulation and use listed securities to access the capital they need to grow. Developed by Momentum Mexico and Basila Abogados, the Handbook on Corporate Debt Issuance in the Mexican Market’ and the Handbook for the Simplified Issuance of Securities in Mexico complement each other to help SMEs identify the challenges and opportunities facing securities issuers today.
Read moreThis research note examines the Philippine experience as the country works to continuously improve the regulatory environment for financing its renewable energy sector. It also highlights learning from MOBILIST's investment in a renewable energy IPO on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE).
Read moreResearch commissioned by MOBILIST and produced by Risk Control Limited examines how transactions by development finance institutions (DFIs) can remove or mitigate informational or other barriers to trigger follow-on or ‘copycat’ transactions by other financial institutions. These follow-on transactions—where the DFI is no longer directly involved—can increase the ultimate development impact of the original transaction.
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