Singapore’s blended finance programme FAST-P has taken a significant step ahead, with its Inexperienced Investments Partnership (GIP) reaching a primary shut of US$510 million.
The fund will assist inexperienced and sustainable infrastructure tasks throughout Southeast and South Asia, backed by a robust pipeline of offers.
The Financial Authority of Singapore (MAS) stated commitments got here from a mixture of public, personal and philanthropic traders.
These embrace MAS itself, the Australian Authorities by way of Export Finance Australia, Worldwide Finance Company, Dutch growth financial institution FMO, HSBC, Temasek, British Worldwide Funding, Financial institution of the Philippine Islands and Allied Local weather Companions.
The European Fee can also be supporting GIP beneath its International Gateway programme.
Pentagreen Capital, a debt financing platform arrange by HSBC and Temasek, will handle the fund.
Investments will goal renewable power, storage, electrical car infrastructure, sustainable transport, water, waste administration and different areas very important to the area’s power transition.
Launched in 2023, FAST-P was created to mix public, personal and philanthropic capital to assist shut Asia’s local weather finance hole.
GIP is the primary fund beneath the programme to succeed in a detailed, pooling concessional and industrial capital from governments, multilateral establishments, philanthropies and personal traders.
It would present debt financing for marginally bankable tasks that usually face difficulties securing funding on account of dangers in growth and development.
FAST-P additionally contains the Industrial Transformation infrastructure debt programme, which focuses on decarbonisation tasks in hard-to-abate sectors.
The Power Transition Acceleration Finance partnership helps renewable power, grid modernisation and the early retirement of coal belongings.
Gillian Tan, Assistant Managing Director (Growth & Worldwide) and Chief Sustainability Officer of MAS stated,
“The primary shut of the Inexperienced Investments Partnership is a crucial milestone for FAST-P. Pentagreen has introduced collectively a various group of companions, that are collaborating throughout the totally different industrial and concessional tranches of the capital construction to de-risk and finance marginally bankable inexperienced infrastructure tasks within the area.
MAS welcomes participation by a broader group of companions in FAST-P to mobilise and scale blended finance for Asia’s transition.”
Munib Madni, CEO of FAST-P Workplace stated,
“The FAST-P Workplace congratulates all our companions who’ve come collectively to realize this milestone and extends our heartfelt gratitude for his or her dedication.
The FAST-P Workplace appears to be like ahead to persevering with the work with Pentagreen, our companions in different pillars, and the broader ecosystem of business and concessional traders, to advertise blended finance options for sustainable infrastructure within the area.”
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