Identifying high-return sectors and geographic hotspots for capital deployment

Examining strategic approaches to risk-return optimisation and portfolio resilience in unpredictable economic cycles.

How are lenders stress-testing project portfolios against inflation, FX, and interest rate volatility?

What risk-sharing mechanisms (guarantees, syndication, insurance, blended finance) are gaining traction?

Appetite for greenfield vs. brownfield vs. refinancing deals

To what extent are private credit and non-bank lenders reshaping deal structures and pricing?

Examining the evolution of perceptions around sustainability and ESG metrics

Examining innovative deal structures for funding hyperscale and edge data centres

Managing rising power demand, grid constraints, and long-term PPA stability

Quantifying the unexpected capital, power, and sustainability strains caused by surging AI and data traffic

Financing models for telecom towers and integrating space-based assets (satellites) into national and cross-border networks

Overcoming challenges around political risk, permits, local content, and sovereign exposure in major digital infra projects

This session brings together MDB & DFI leaders to explore how their institutions can mobilise significantly more private capital into emerging and developing market projects. The discussion examines the tools and structures needed to bridge the infrastructure financing gap - from blended finance and credit enhancement to guarantees, first-loss solutions, and local currency mechanisms - and assesses the impact of current market conditions on project viability and investor appetite. We draw on case studies to highlight where private capital mobilisation is working in practice across climate and energy transition, social and digital infrastructure, and core emerging-market project pipelines.

This session hands the stage to the customers of CPRI banks to dissect whether current insurance capacity and product offerings truly meet their needs. We then go to the heart of the matter with a technical walk-through of the claims and recovery lifecycle, from initial default to final payout, examining what works, what doesn't, and where the friction points lie.

·       How banks are embedding credit insurance alongside syndication and SRT from origination to unlock lending headroom

·       If banks choose to centralize their insurance operations, what is the benefit of them then setting up dedicated insurance distribution desks in key markets like New York and Singapore?

·       Is there enough insurance/reinsurance capacity for your needs, especially for large, complex, or emerging market risks?

·       What's working (and what's not) in current policy wordings, structures, and placement speed?

·       Common pitfalls, emerging trends, and the latest tools that help maximise returns and minimise friction

·       What can insurers do better to improve the product? Insurers are clear about how they expect banks to act in a claims situation but how do banks expect insurers to act (other than prompt payment of a valid claim of course) and what puts them off working with certain insurers?

·       What do banks think of emerging trading platforms, most notably CRMX on Bloomberg, which connect them directly with credit insurers? What type of business do they look to place on these platforms and why is it not used more often?