(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has provided a guarantee worth €110 million to the BPER Banca Group, comprising BPER Banca and Banco di Sardegna, with the assistance of Banca Finint. This agreement aims to boost investments by small … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Investment, Italy, Management, News, Small Business
Tagged Alessandro Tappi, Banco di Sardegna, BPER Banca, digitalization, European Investment Fund, Giuseppe Cuccurese, INNOVATION, Paolo Gentiloni, partnership, SME, Stefano Vittorio Kuhn, sustainability, sustainable investments
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has committed €80 million to Poland-based Enterprise Investors’ tenth private equity fund, aiming to enhance private and entrepreneurial initiatives in central and eastern Europe. The investment will support the development … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Anne Fossemalle, EBRD, Enterprise Investors, investment, partnership, Private Equity Financing
(IN BRIEF) Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking (Natixis CIB) has announced the appointment of Anurag Poddar as the Head of Financial Sponsors Group, Asia Pacific. Anurag, with over 20 years of experience, will be based in Singapore and report to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, France, Management, News
Tagged Anurag Poddar, appointment, Asia Pacific, Aurelien Lasjunies, Groupe BPCE, Head of Financial Sponsors Group, Natixis CIB, Sanjeev Kumar
(IN BRIEF) The ProCredit group has achieved a sustainability milestone by opening ProEnergy, its own solar PV park in Lipjan, Kosovo. The 3 MWp photovoltaic park, implemented in collaboration with ProCredit Bank Kosovo, aims to transform Kosovo’s energy landscape and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Eriola Bibolli, Hubert Spechtenhauser, Kosovo, ProCredit Group, ProEnergy, solar park, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Gasum, a Nordic energy company, has received the top rating of Dark Green for its Green Finance Framework from independent ratings issuer Shades of Green. The framework governs the eligibility of projects for green loans in Gasum’s biogas … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Finland, Investment, Management, News
Tagged Gasum, Green Finance Framework, investments, sustainable
(IN BRIEF) Skanska, a leading construction company, has secured a contract to construct a new hospital in Lakeland, Florida, USA. The contract, valued at USD 109 million, will be included in the company’s second-quarter order bookings for 2023 in the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Financial, Healthcare, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Sweden
Tagged Florida, Healthcare, Hospital, Lakeland, Skanska
(IN BRIEF) ArcelorMittal, a global steel company, has chosen CHAR Technologies as the winner of its XCarb™ Accelerator Programme. CHAR Technologies, based in Ontario, Canada, has developed a high temperature pyrolysis technology that converts organic waste into valuable energy outputs. … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) BUCHAREST, Romania, 5-Jul-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — Digi Communications N.V. (The Company) informs the shareholders and investors that the Annual Financial Report for the year ended December 31, 2022 is available starting with 5 July 2023 on the Company’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, Economy, Financial, Investment, Italy, News, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 2023 Financial Calendar, Bogdan Ciobotaru, Digi, Digi Annual Financial Report 2022, Digi Communications, DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V., Digi facility agreements, Digi Financial Calendar, Digi Financial Calendar 2023, DIGI symbol, Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets, financial calendar, financial statements, Investor Relations, investors, IPO, Italy, Marius Catalin Varzaru, market, mobile services, PORTUGAL, Romania, Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority, romanian telecommunications provider, Serghei Bulgac, shareholders, shares, Spain, statutory auditor, Telecom Market, TELECOMMUNICATION PROVIDER, telecommunications, telecommunications services, Valentin Popoviciu, Zoltan Teszari
(IN BRIEF) Logicor, together with its business partners, has raised PLN 31,000 (EUR 7,000) for the Horizons Scholarship Program by the Roman Czernecki Educational Foundation (EFC). The initiative was carried out through “Race’n’Raise,” a charity cycling race covering a 300 … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Barclays has provided a £95.5 million loan to Moray West, an offshore wind farm development in the Moray Firth, Scotland. The project aims to supply 50 percent of Scotland’s electricity, powering approximately 1.33 million homes and reducing CO2 … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Adam Morrison, Barclays, Jamie Grant, Moray West, offshore wind farm
(IN BRIEF) Aegon has announced the successful completion of its consolidation with a.s.r., combining its Dutch pension, life and non-life insurance, banking, and mortgage origination activities. In exchange for the consolidation, Aegon received EUR 2.2 billion in cash and a … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Insurance, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News
Tagged a.s.r., Aegon, Lard Friese, Netherlands
(IN BRIEF) NatWest Group has commissioned a report by Oxera, an economics and finance consultancy firm, on the potential of Open Banking. The report highlights the economic obstacles hindering the wider adoption of Open Banking and the development of innovative … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Claire Melling, collaboration, economic challenges, NatWest Group, Open Banking
(IN BRIEF) SEB, a leading Nordic bank, has been rated as the best foreign exchange (FX) bank in the region according to Prospera’s survey, Foreign Exchange Nordics 2023. SEB’s top ranking reflects its dedication, proactivity, and strong customer focus. Despite … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has released a position paper urging negotiators to address important issues in the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) proposal. As trilogue negotiations take place, AFME calls for a practical … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The Careers and Enterprise Hub in Loughborough has relaunched after receiving additional funding from the Loughborough Town Deal. The hub, managed by advisors from Loughborough University and Loughborough College, celebrated its reopening by hosting a recruitment fair that … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) has signed a €3 million subordinated loan agreement with Patria Credit IFN to support micro-farms and expand access to finance in Romania. The transaction, backed by InvestEU, aims to help Patria Credit reach … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF) is investing €25 million in Radix Ventures, a deep tech venture capital fund based in Central and Eastern Europe. The investment aims to address the funding gap for deep tech founders in the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Hungary, Investment, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Technology
Tagged deep tech, deep tech venture capital fund, EIF, energy startup, InvestEU, Lerta Energy, Marjut Falkstedt, Michał Urbanowski, Noctiluca, Paweł Bochniarz, Photon Energy Group, Radix Ventures, technology entrepreneurs, The European Investment Fund, Valuetech Seed, Wojciech Ratymirski
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Fund (EIF), a part of the EIB Group, has joined forces with the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO) to invest in asset-backed securities (ABS) issued by BBVA. This collaborative … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Investment, Small Business, Spain
Tagged BBVA, climate change mitigation, European Investment Bank, European Investment Fun, Green Projects, ICO, Instituto de Crédito Oficial, José Carlos García de Quevedo, Luisa Gómez Bravo, Marjut Falkstedt, REPowerEU, Ricardo Mourinho Félix, The EIB Group
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided a €25 million loan to Dnipro City in Ukraine to support the continuous provision of vital municipal services. Dnipro, Ukraine’s fourth-largest city, has experienced an influx of refugees … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has invested €45 million in UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia a.s. (UCBCS) to support their inaugural green covered bond issuance. The bond, with a five-year maturity, will be listed … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Czech Republic, Financial, Investment, Slovakia
Tagged bond, Czech Republic, EBR, green lending, Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Melis Ekmen Tabojer, Slovakia, UCBCS, UniCredit Bank
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