The impacts of climate change have been on stark display this year, from severe flooding in Brazil and East Africa to droughts in Mexico and Europe and wildfires in Canada. Record-breaking heat has claimed lives around the world. These disasters are evidence that the world has not yet done nearly...
The Global Emerging Markets Risk Database (GEMs) Consortium Oct. 15 reported on country-by-country loan default and recovery rates for the first time, but the Consortium has still not met the key transparency demand: making the database accessible. The new data was called insufficient by critics in the private and nonprofit sector who say that issuance of more detailed information is necessary...
Partially lifting the lid on a “treasure trove” of international economic data has not dampened interest in getting a closer look inside, but the crystal ball for the future is hazy. The valued data in question is known by the acronym GEMs. There’s information from 26 development finance institutions covering 20,000 contracts over 30 years. GEMs is run by a consortium...
Major multilateral development banks (MDBs) could increase lending by nearly USD480 billion collectively before the decline in capital positions would lead to downgrades, Fitch Ratings says in a new report. Fitch does not expect MDBs to use their lending headroom in full. We assessed how much lending would be consistent with unchanged ratings for each of the 12 largest Fitch-rated MDBs,...
The business models of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) depend crucially on Preferred Creditor Treatment (PCT). PCT refers to the de facto seniority that financially distressed sovereigns accord to MDBs from which they have borrowed. In an earlier paper, Risk Control (2022), we showed, in a matched sample, that the Probability of Default (PD) of MDB sovereign loans is substantially less than...
There has been significant market interest in how default rates for African sovereigns compare to those for similarly-rated sovereigns in other regions, particularly as market spreads for African sovereign debt have been higher than those for other sovereigns at the same rating level. Below, we outline our review of the historical default experience which shows that default rates per rating category...
PARIS (S&P Global Ratings) June 4, 2024--For the first time, the Global Emerging Markets Risk Database (GEMs) Consortium has released its default and recovery figures publicly. S&P Global Ratings' cross-practice working group on blended finance and the climate finance gap has analyzed the report, which was published March 25 and compiled using data and disclosures from multinational lending institutions (MLIs)...
New York, September 24, 2024Global institutional investors, representing over $50 trillion in assets as universal owners, have committed to supporting Africa’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by assisting governments in transforming them into investable, bankable projects. At the African NDC Institutional Investment Summit, held during New York Climate Week alongside the UN General Assembly, institutional investors, governments, and philanthropies explored Africa’s $3-7...
The SMI Africa Council (SMIAC) will host a high-level, invitation-only consultation for institutional investors and philanthropists during New York Climate Week, focused on GEMs 3.0—a groundbreaking data and analytics platform initiative aimed at scaling investments in Africa, emerging markets, and developing economies (EMDEs). This closed-door event is designed to explore new approaches to leveraging Global Emerging Markets Risk (GEMs) data...
