NEWS, VIEWS AND EVENTS

MOBILIST announces partnership with Nairobi Securties Exchange

MOBILIST is partnering with the Nairobi Securities Exchange to facilitate greater investment toward sustainable development in Kenya via the listed market.

UK backing enables new Africa-focused climate fund to achieve US$200m first close

MOBILIST has invested in the Helios Climate, Energy Access, and Resilience (CLEAR) Fund. CLEAR raised approximately US$200 million in its first close for investment in African businesses focused on climate mitigation and adaptation. The Fund, managed by Helios Investment Partners, intends to become the largest Africa-focused climate fund with a target size of US$400 million.

Capital recycling critical to Africa’s $193 billion renewable energy opportunity

New research from global consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie, commissioned by Revego Fund Managers and MOBILIST, shows that the size of sub-Saharan Africa’s investment opportunity in renewable energy represents a potential US$193-billion by 2031. However, realising this potential will require access to innovative funding models and a robust secondary finance market to recycle and widen the available capital pool.

MOBILIST hosts launch of the iBoxx LSF USD African Sovereigns Index

MOBILIST hosted the launch of the iBoxx LSF USD African Sovereigns Index. The index currently tracks the performance of a group of 17 African Sovereign issuers that reflect the universe of Eurobonds that the LSF accepts as collateral in the framework of repo transactions.

MOBILIST invests in renewable energy IPO in the Philippines

MOBILIST is supporting the Philippines in its transition to renewable energy through an investment in the initial public offering (IPO) of Citicore Renewable Energy Corporation (CREC) on The Philippine Stock Exchange.

MOBILIST Underlines Commitment to Nigeria’s Capital Market for Sustainable Development

The UK underlined its commitment to work with Nigeria to enable private capital mobilisation at scale at two MOBILIST events in Lagos.

MOBILIST announces collaboration with Bursa Malaysia

MOBILIST is collaborating with Bursa Malaysia to to enable greater investment in supporting the energy transition and advancing the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Malaysia.

MOBILIST and B3 highlight the potential of public markets for sustainable finance in Brazil

MOBILIST and B3 The Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3 S.A. – Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão) hosted two events in Sao Paulo to bring together market participants, policymakers, and development finance specialists to accelerate capital mobilisation for sustainable development via public markets.

MOBILIST supports the successful IPO of MSME-focused Thai Credit Bank

MOBILIST is advancing inclusive economic growth and local capital market development in Thailand through its catalytic participation in the successful listing of Thai Credit Bank on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET). MOBILIST’s participation in this IPO sets an important precedent for using catalytic capital to facilitate exit-mobilisation for DFIs by using listed vehicles

Launch of Global Guarantee Company to mobilise billions in climate finance

MOBILIST has made an anchor investment in The Green Guarantee Company (GGC), the world’s first climate-focused guarantee company. GGC will use guarantees to help borrowers in developing countries improve their credit ratings to above investment grade to gain access to global capital markets and is set to unlock billions in climate finance.

Request for Proposal: Design Research on Index Construction

Opportunity to submit a proposal to design/construct a pilot investment index to capture opportunities for growth and diversification by investing in emerging markets and developing economies.

Invitation to Tender: Research on Development Finance and their Market Demonstration Effects

Opportunity to submit a Tender for the Review of development finance investments and strategies and their demonstration effect on second-mover transactions and market-shaping impacts.

COP28: MOBILIST Highlights Need for Public Markets to Form Part of Climate Finance Solutions

As discussions at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP28) turn to finance, MOBILIST is proud to be featured among investors and programmes using innovative new vehicles to drive the much-needed mobilisation of commercial capital to address climate change, including adaptation and mitigation efforts.

Call for Consultancy Proposals: MEL Technical Assistance for Review of Proceeds Policy

Opportunity to provide consultancy support on the review of an infrastructure debt securitisation platform’s Allocation of Proceeds Policy.

MOBILIST makes catalytic equity investment in infrastructure debt securitisation transaction sponsored by Singapore-based Bayfront Infrastructure Management

MOBILIST's new investment represents a seminal equity investment by a development finance actor in a transaction to mobilise capital at scale to support climate transition.

Nigerian Exchange (NGX) partners with the UK government’s MOBILIST programme

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced a new partnership between Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) and the UK government’s MOBILIST programme during a visit to the Exchange in Lagos.

The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. partners with the UK Government’s MOBILIST programme

The Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. (PSE) will partner with Mobilising Institutional Capital Through Listed Product Structures (MOBILIST) to enable greater investment in sustainable development in the Philippines via products listed on the exchange.

Mexican stock exchange, BIVA partners with MOBILIST to promote investment in sustainability

Bolsa Institucional de Valores (BIVA) announced a partnership with the flagship UK government programme, Mobilising Institutional Capital Through Listed Product Structures (MOBILIST), to fuel greater investment in climate action and other sustainable development goals through products listed on BIVA’s stock exchange.

Taking Development Finance Public

The application of development finance is an essential tool in the global toolkit to achieve both the 2030 sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the ‘climate transition.’ 

Resetting the ESG Investment Paradigm to Support Emerging Markets & Developing Economies (EMDEs)

MOBILIST and Fitch Solutions invite you to join them for the "Resetting the ESG Investment Paradigm to Support Emerging Markets & Developing Economies (EMDEs)" webinar.

How public markets can unlock emerging and frontier economy opportunities

At the end of September 2022, MOBILIST brought together a global panel of experts to reflect on pioneering public market product structures and strategies needed to channel more capital into productive investment in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDE). The event drew from panellist insights, forthcoming MOBILIST research, and findings from the MOBILIST product portfolio and pipeline.

MOBILIST: exploring exit-mobilisation opportunities in Africa at Uxolo Global 2022

In October this year, MOBILIST convened global experts at the Uxolo impact investment conference in The Hague to discuss insights from our research examining opportunities for Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) to mobilise capital through exits to institutional investors.

MOBILIST partners with the Norwegian Agency of Development Cooperation (Norad) on public market mobilisation

Call for consultancy proposals: optimisation of the Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS)

Call for research proposals: the impact of developed market policy and regulation on emerging and frontier public market flows, and the limited evidence of emerging and frontier market perspectives shaping these policies and regulations

How Public Markets Can Unlock Emerging and Frontier Market Opportunities

At This MOBILIST Event, Pioneering Issuers, Investors and Intermediaries Discussed How to Harness Different Listed Product Structures and Strategies to Deliver Returns and Development Impact

MOBILIST Set to Invest in African Climate Investment Fund

Alongside Helios Investment Partners and InfraCo Africa, MOBILIST is proud to announce that it is making a $7m investment in CLEAR Fund. CLEAR will invest in and develop sustainable, climate-aligned companies and assets to accelerate the African continent's decarbonisation and climate resilience while delivering returns for investors.

MOBILIST Spotlights Public Markets’ Role in Financing the Global Goals at UN’s High-Level Political Forum

UK and Kenyan governments introduce MOBILIST to 80 nations' UN Ambassadors and representatives and spotlight the role of public markets and listed products in financing the UN's Global Goals.

Driving ESG Investments into Emerging Markets: Roadblocks and Solutions

The Impact Investing Institute hosted this event to launch new MOBILIST research about how institutional capital allocation strategies can direct capital away from emerging and frontier markets.

B3 and the UK Government’s MOBILIST Programme to Mobilise Funding Towards the Sustainable Development Goals

To help unlock the potential of public capital markets for sustainable finance, B3 has struck a formal partnership with the UK government’s flagship MOBILIST programme.

SGX Group and UK Government’s Sustainable Development Investment Programme Partner to Mobilise Public Capital for Emerging Markets

Singapore Exchange Group (SGX Group) has partnered with MOBILIST, a flagship programme of the UK government’s Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), with the goal of mobilising public capital markets to support sustainable environmental, social and economic development in Asia.

MOBILIST Catalyses Successful ThomasLloyd Energy Impact Trust plc IPO

With financial backing from the UK government, the ThomasLloyd Energy Impact Trust provides the first-ever dedicated offering on the London Stock Exchange to provide direct access to sustainable energy infrastructure in fast-growing and emerging economies in Asia.

Glasgow COP26: MOBILIST Briefing on Catalysing Institutional Capital for Climate Finance and the Global Goals

The MOBILIST Infrastructure Competition Update Event was an opportunity to hear directly from the financial institutions that, at the time, were participating in the advanced stage of the MOBILIST Competition.

Glasgow COP Press Release

Mobilising Institutional Capital Through Listed Product Structures (MOBILIST), the UK’s flagship programme to mobilise large-scale investment through publicly listed markets, received a £66m funding boost today at COP26 in Glasgow.

FCDO COP Finance Day on the MOBILIST Infrastructure Competition: A Partnership to Listings

The FCDO invites investment and policy communities to discuss progress on mobilising investment in emerging and developing countries, on 3 November 2021.