European Investment Bank

Peebles, Scotland, 03-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Beatrice offshore wind farm is one of the largest private investment infrastructure projects in Scotland and ING is a key participant in a consortium of banks financing it. The wind farm will be situated … Read the full press release →

LUXEMBOURG, 18-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Fund (EIF) and the National Bank of Greece S.A. (NBG) have signed the first COSME guarantee agreement in Greece, benefiting from the support of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the heart … Read the full press release →

BRUSSELS, 04-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Fund (EIF) and Fondo di Garanzia per le PMI, have signed a COSME agreement in Italy, benefiting from the support of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), the heart of the Investment … Read the full press release →

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, 21-Jan-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — KfW IPEX-Bank, as part of a consortium of commercial banks and in cooperation with the European Investment Bank (EIB), is financing the construction of a 33-km-long section of the A94 motorway between Munich and … Read the full press release →

ROME, 7-12-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), KFW and the European Investment Fund (EIF) jointly invested in a mezzanine tranche of a cash securitization of lease receivables extended to small – and – medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) located in Italy. … Read the full press release →

Luxembourg, 19-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The ACP Investment Facility, which has approved €5.7 billion worth of development projects over the last decade, adds value to the European Union’s development efforts and fits in well with its policy objectives, according to … Read the full press release →

What does the Capital Markets Union have to do with infrastructure in Europe? BRUSSELS, 1-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — One of the goals of the Capital Markets Union is to help mobilise capital in Europe and channel it to the infrastructure … Read the full press release →

Luxembourg, 30-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Europe’s long-term financing institution, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Meridiam, a leading global investor and asset manager specializing in public and community infrastructure today announced the agreement of a new €30 million catalyst investment in the … Read the full press release →

Luxembourg, 30-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Following recent parliamentary elections in Greece, Mr Euclid Tsakalotos was appointed Minister of Finance on 23 September 2015. He also becomes EIB Governor, succeeding Mr Chouliarakis. Mr Tsakalotos was born in 1960. He studied Economics, Politics and Philosophy … Read the full press release →

PARIS, 3-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Mikołaj Dowgielewicz, Vice-Governor for Target Group Countries of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), resigned his post effective 31 August 2015 to become European Investment Bank (EIB) Representative to the EU institutions and Head … Read the full press release →

Joint press release by Siemens, Basel Institute on Governance, United Nations Global Compact and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Three year funding of nearly US$4 million under the Siemens Integrity Initiative, supporting organizations and projects that are fighting … Read the full press release →

Leaders from public, private sectors and multilateral development banks gather for PPP Days 2015 LONDON, 19-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are the focus of a two-day global meeting which started today at the London Headquarters of the European … Read the full press release →

MOSCOW, 28-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Vnesheconombank Chairman Vladimir Dmitriev participated in the third meeting of the Heads of the G20 financial development institutions – the D20 and a conference devoted to development of infrastructure as a main instrument for long-term … Read the full press release →

DCFTA provides new opportunities for SME financing LONDON, 22-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The EBRD can play a crucial role in unlocking finance for SMEs in Eastern Partnership (EAP) countries, a senior EBRD executive told businessmen at a conference in Riga … Read the full press release →

Bristol is at the forefront of a global movement of cities that are reinventing what it means to be sustainable and resilient in the age of climate change. Luxembourg, 23-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Located in South West England, Bristol city, … Read the full press release →

LONDON, 19-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Parties sign Memorandum of Understanding to co-finance infrastructure projects The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Export-Import Bank of the Republic of China (Eximbank) today agreed to boost their cooperation and co-finance projects … Read the full press release →

Oxford, UK, 27-02-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading UK public and regulated services provider, Amey, has scooped the prestigious accolade of European Waste Project of the Year at the 2014 IJ Global Europe & Africa Awards. The award recognised Amey’s long term waste … Read the full press release →

BREMEN, 25-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — wpd AG has closed all the supply contracts for the Nordergründe project. In addition, the Bremen wind farm developer and operator commissions the KfW IPEX Bank with the financing of the project using borrowed funds, … Read the full press release →

Luxembourg, 16-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Two new financial instruments that aim to encourage greater private sector involvement in schemes that contribute to the twin climate priorities of reducing energy use and conserving natural capital, especially biodiversity, in Europe will be later … Read the full press release →

BRUSSELS, 19-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Speeches Internal Policies and EU Institutions Investment Plan Ladies and gentlemen, We have come together in Brussels today to discuss the Investment Plan for Europe that was launched in the European Parliament on the 26th of November. … Read the full press release →