Crowd-funding and Alternative Finance for African Development Projects: Implications for Regional Integration
Mobile money platforms increase financial inclusion for cross-border development projects in Africa.
Project finance Reports & Market Data (2026)
Key number
265 billion €
European infrastructure capital raised (2020 – H1 2025). SECA (Swiss Private Equity and Corporate Finance Association) p.57
Key number
USD 322bn
BlackRock Alternative Investors AUM. SECA (Swiss Private Equity and Corporate Finance Association) p.10
Key number
USD 20 trillion
Decarbonization Infrastructure Capital Needed by 2030. SECA (Swiss Private Equity and Corporate Finance Association) p.51
Key number
US$4 trillion
Annual Clean Energy Infrastructure Requirement by 2030. SECA (Swiss Private Equity and Corporate Finance Association) p.32
39 documents
The Feasibility Study as a Financing Prerequisite in Saudi Arabia: A Comparative Review of Development-Fund Requirements and a Practical Framework for Investors
The Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF) provides loan shares of 50%, 60%, and 75% based on city category, with loan tenors reaching up to 15 to 20 years.
Research on the Financing Status, Dilemmas, and Optimization Paths of Low-Altitude Economy Enterprises under the Digital Economy
China's low-altitude economy market reached 505.95 billion yuan in 2023 and expanded to 670.25 billion yuan in 2024, with projections of 1.5 trillion yuan in 2025 and over 3.5 trillion yuan by 2035.
Ranking, Not Point Estimates: Risk Tiering and the Case for AI-Assisted Loss Data in Caribbean SIDS Credit
Official lending rates across the Caribbean range from 5% to 15%, with public debt burdens exceeding 100% of GDP in several states.
The Legal Legitimacy of Cross-Border RWA Financing: Challenges and Responses
The research analyzes cross-border Real-World Asset (RWA) financing structures originating in Mainland China and issued via a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) in Hong Kong.
Financing the Energy Transition: Assessing the Macroeconomic Determinants of Carbon Finance Adoption in Emerging Markets
Global climate finance reached approximately USD 1.46 trillion in 2022 according to Climate Policy Initiative estimates.
Frontier Markets, Marginal Flows: Vietnamese Private Outward Investment in Africa and South Asia, 2015–2025
By the end of 2025, Vietnamese investors held 1,991 valid overseas investment projects across 85 countries and territories, with cumulative registered capital exceeding US$23.7 billion.
Financing the Renewable Energy Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of Investment Instruments, Market Models and Institutional Constraints
An initial database search yielded 198 records concerning renewable energy financing in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Productive Finance for the Belt and Road Initiative: Reexamining China’s Debt Sustainability Framework
China committed over $1.3 trillion in development finance to the Global South between 2000 and 2021.
Powering Development? Chinese Energy Investment, Artificial Intelligence, and Local Electrification in Africa
In 2023, roughly 666 million people lived without access to electricity, with 85 percent of them located in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Legal Force of Blockchain-Based Notarial Digital Cover Notes for Banking Credit Document Verification
Indonesian bank lending grew by 10.39% year-on-year to IDR 7,827 trillion as of December 2024, while maintaining a gross non-performing loan ratio of 2.08%.
The Trillion-Dollar Illusion?
OpenAI disclosed $122 billion in committed financing at an $852 billion post-money valuation in March 2026.
Private Markets - Focus Infrastructure
SECA represents the Swiss private equity, venture capital, and corporate finance industries with a base of more than 550 members.
Infrastructure Investment and Insurance: Insurers' Role in Financing Long-Term Growth
The EU requires an additional €750–800 billion per year for the green and digital transitions, energy security, and modern infrastructure.
Building Europe's Future: Mobilising Insurance Investment for Infrastructure
Europe faces €750–800 billion in additional annual investment needed according to the Draghi report.
Financial and Technological Challenges in Sustainable Energy Infrastructure
Clean-energy investment needs are predicted to rise by around 40% by 2030 from current levels.
Conceptual Model of Sustainable Financial Instruments for Ensuring Environmental-Economic Resilience Under Digitalization and Globalization
The empirical research dataset evaluates green bond activity across 46 countries for the period from 2000 to 2025.
Banking Financial Monitoring as an ESG Filter of International Donor Capital in the Reconstruction of Ukraine
The Ukraine Facility provides external financial support amounting to EUR 50 billion tied to obligations in the Ukraine Plan.
Project Finance as a Tool for Mobilizing Private Capital into United States Power Infrastructure for Artificial Intelligence Data Centers
Data centers in the United States consumed approximately 176 TWh in 2023, representing 4.4 percent of national electricity consumption.
Developing Specific Infrastructure for International Financial Centers: International Experience and Recommendations for Vietnamese Law
Vietnam's Law on Public-Private Partnerships 2020 defines 5 eligible sectors but omits specialized financial, digital data, and legal sandbox infrastructure.
A Settlement Currency to Finance Climate Restoration and Human Prosperity
Holding carbon dioxide removal at 9.5 GtCO₂ per year after 2183 in the FaIR ensemble returns median atmospheric CO₂ to 280 ppm in 2300.
Thematic Review on Public Sector Backstop Funding Mechanisms: Peer Review Report
Only 4 (21%) of reviewed jurisdictions are fully compliant with KA 6, while 8 (42%) are materially non-compliant.
Digital Green Bonds and ESG-Linked FinTech Platforms: Democratizing Sustainable Finance in Emerging Economies
The research analyzes digital green bonds and ESG-linked platforms through 3 theoretical lenses: financial inclusion theory, institutional innovation theory, and sustainability transition framework.
Own-initiative OPSG Advice on Unlocking Investment Opportunities in the European Union
European insurers hold over EUR 10 trillion in assets, while Institutions for Occupational Retirement Provision (IORPs) manage roughly EUR 3 trillion.
Is Financing a Phase of Portfolio Management or of the Project Life Cycle?
Decentralized autonomous governments (GADs) in Ecuador are subject to debt limits where total public debt balance cannot exceed 200% of annual total revenues.
Defence, Security and Resilience Bank: Opportunities and Risks of a New Financial Architecture for Euro-Atlantic Defence
Introduced in December 2024 by Rob Murray, the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSR Bank) is designed as a multilateral development bank with an initial capital of around €117 billion.
European bank competitiveness: Enabling banks to play a greater role financing European growth
Europe requires an estimated additional annual investment of approximately €1.4 trillion, equivalent to around 7% of GDP, to finance its growth, digital, energy, defence, and transition goals.
Banking on Electrification
The IEA and COP31 Presidency proposed a global ambition to raise electrification to 35% of final energy demand by 2035.
State Policy and Private Equity Funds in the Context of Financing Sustainable Renewable Energy
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners manages 12 investment funds with total capital exceeding €30 billion from over 180 institutional investors worldwide.
Financing Energy Communities: Actors, Instruments, and Expectations of the ESG Ecosystem in the Italian Context
An exploratory study based on 19 semi-structured interviews analyzes the financial instruments and stakeholder expectations surrounding Italian energy communities.