Logo
  • Search
  • Subscribe
  • Login
  • News
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Archive
  • About DT
  • Contact
  • Search
  • Subscribe
  • Login

Business

Lake Turkana turbines.jpg

Private lending in development finance outperforms bond market, report shows

New data shows that returns on private loans provided alongside development finance institutions (DFIs) and multilateral development banks are higher than in publicly traded emerging-market corporate bonds. These loans are also less vulnerable to global financial crises and have lower default rates. Experts tell Development Today that the newly released data could help expand private lending and reduce capital cost in frontier markets.

Business November 05, 2026

Norges_Bank_Arkitektur-3090 (1).jpg

Norwegian oil fund needs new playbook to expand into frontier markets: ex-Norfund chief

Norwegian politicians should rethink where the oil fund invests, says the outgoing CEO of Norfund Tellef...

Business July 31, 2026

Thorleifsson Bujagali .jpg

A captain of capital reflects on eight years at the helm of Norfund

During Tellef Thorleifsson’s tenure as CEO, Norfund received NOK 8 billion in capital for new mandates...

Business July 16, 2026

At the frontier of development finance

The Dane Kirstine Damkjær has taken up the position as Chief Investment Officer at Amsterdam-based ILX,...

Business March 31, 2026

Leena Klossner NDF - Photo - Tero Ahonen.jpg

Soul searching at Nordic Development Fund as it looks for new partners

Amid a massive rollback in global aid, the Helsinki-based Nordic Development Fund (NDF) has launched...

Business March 23, 2026

Crossroads: Norfund’s value now equals an entire aid budget

Norfund, with profits that have nearly kept pace with the oil fund, now has a total value that roughly...

Business February 23, 2026

NDF: Small is beautiful, but the Nordic fund’s financing could dry up

The Nordic Development Fund has carved out a niche for itself as an innovative player providing early-stage,...

Business November 17, 2025

Bujagali Norfund.jpg

Norfund closes SN Power chapter, books 21% annual return from two-decade long hydropower adventure

The Norwegian impact investor Norfund is selling off its remaining hydropower stakes in Africa to the...

Business September 22, 2025

Kenhardt.jpg

Proof of concept: Norway’s Climate Fund exits pioneering South African solar project after just two years

The Oslo-based Climate Investment Fund is exiting the Kenhardt hybrid sun power and battery project in...

Business September 19, 2025

Manfred Schepers, CEO of ILX Management.jpg

Nordics back new asset class to mobilise pension fund capital for development

Five Nordic countries, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom have given political backing for a new...

Business July 02, 2025

Subscribe

Gain access to ​​​​​​​in-depth, independent journalism on Nordic and international aid and donor politics.

Read more

  • Home
  • Business

Development Today AS
Box 140
1371 Asker
Norway
Tel: +47 66902660
E-mail: devtoday@devtoday.no

  • News
  • Business
  • Opinion
  • Archive
  • About DT
  • Privacy and Cookie policy
  • Contact
  • Log in
  • Subscribe

Design and development: Snapper Net Solutions