Cardano Development
GuarantCo appoints Cardano Development as its new manager as it sets its sights on further growth
Press Release – Guarantco
(May 2016, London)
Interview with Joost Zuidberg, CEO of Cardano Development
Slimme financiering in ontwikkelingslanden. Blauw
(May 2016, Amsterdam)
Interview with Theo Kocken, Chair of the Board of Cardano Development
“We are reckless with financial models”. Cafe Weltschmerz
Economist Review of Boom Bust Boom
New York Times Review of Boom Bust Boom
(2016, Amsterdam)
AFSIC networking event, sponsored by TCX, Frontclear, Mantis, Proparco and BIO
On the first evening of the Africa Financial Services Investement Conference in London, TCX, Frontclear, Mantis, Proparco and BIO sponsored a networking event which was organised by Cardano Development.
Now in its fifth year AFSIC (the Africa Financial Services Investment Conference) is Africa’s leading investment event for Africa’s financial services sector. Many of Africa’s most significant investors attend AFSIC with the objective of meeting banks, insurance companies, microfinance, leasing and other regulated financial services companies, as well as dealmakers and investment bankers from across the entire African continent.
(May 2016, London)
Opening new office in Amsterdam
(December 2015, Amsterdam)
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The Currency Exchange Fund (TCX)
FEATURE: Clean energy without currency risk
Harald Hirschhofer of TCX says that foreign exchange risks have caused a hurdle to rolling out renewable energy technologies in some countries. But now development finance institutions are helping firms manage the risk and expand their operations.
http://cdkn.org/2016/03/feature-clean-energy-without-currency-risk/
Germany to provide €30mn to TCX for currency hedging instruments
Press Release
TCX on CNBC – Part One
TCX on CNBC – Part Two
(October 2015)
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Frontclear
Paving the way in Kenyan repo markets
In March 2016, Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) and Standard Bank of Southern Africa (SBSA) executed a USD 25 million cross-currency repo transaction. The deal, facilitated and guaranteed by Frontclear, is a first of its kind transaction and paves the way to a more robust, stable and inclusive interbank market in Kenya.
Press Release – FCC_CBA_SBSA_Press Release Kenya
(April 2016, Amsterdam)
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BIX Capital
First organisations to commit to Gold Standard V3.0 announced
Jeroen Blüm from BIX Capital states, “We are excited to help make Gold Standard 3.0 a powerful tool to be used in the monetisation of impacts in international markets that are as of yet untapped.”
http://www.goldstandard.org/blog-item/first-organisations-commit-gold-standard-v30-announced
(April 2016, Zurich)
BIX participates on panel at FMO’s Economic Empowerment of Women event with Mrs. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Director of UN Women.
(January 2016, The Hague)
BIX Capital committed to Bridge The Gap: Women, Money and Markets
Bridge the Gap II Video Link
(January 2016, The Hague)
BIX with Minister Ploumen at COP21
(January 2016, Paris)
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Research News
Interview with Herman Bril
“We need to build a bridge between the world of development finance and private investors”
(March 2016, Amsterdam)
Focus on Sustainable Finance
(January 2016, London)
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