Off-grid power and captive energy projects are taking up some of the slack as big infrastructure deals stall, says Standard Bank.

The World Bank’s private investment arm signed a US$500m deal with Eastspring Investments in July.

Venture capital and private equity firm BlackFin Capital Partners has completed a more than €100mn first closing for a European business technology fund, with the fund’s founding partner telling EMEA Finance that the aim is to become a leading investor on the continent.

Société Générale’s senior debt capital markets team has undergone an overhaul in the wake of co-global head Brendan Moran moving to another part of the bank

Russia’s PIK Group has plans to ramp up capital markets activity in the coming years, as the firm announces a consolidation of its shareholder structure with company president Sergei Gordeev buying out two minority holders.

Borislav Ivanov has been moved to head Deutsche Bank’s troubled Russian business as chief country officer after Annett Viehweg left the bank to run Sberbank’s Swiss operations. 

Ambitious issuance marks a first for EMEA region, but not without taking a few bumps and bruises along the way.

The Gulf was plunged into crisis in early June after Qatar came under a wave of sanctions led by Saudi Arabia that has already led to heavy selling in Qatari assets, and market analysts are trying to decipher if this will be a long and drawn out event.

A global race is on between stock exchanges to host Saudi Aramco’s US$100bn initial public offering

The International Bank of Azerbaijan has laid out comprehensive restructuring plans for US$3.3bn of debt that includes a 20% haircut to principal on senior bonds, sparking an outcry among investors.

EMEA Finance interview the renowned economist; Jeffrey Sachs.

World Bank president Jim Yong Kim sets out a radical agenda for his second term that will move it away from direct funding towards de-risking projects in Africa to make them more attractive to private capital.