Trillions or billions? Reassessing the potential for European institutional investment in emerging markets and developing economies
Co-hosted by EDFI and ODI Europe, the event looks at challenges and opportunities to mobilise institutional capital into EMDEs.
The EDFI-ODI Europe event “Trillions or billions? Reassessing the potential for European institutional investment in emerging markets and developing economies” will facilitate and inform a more holistic and system-based discussion of the challenges and opportunities to mobilise institutional capital into Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs) amongst policymakers, practitioners, and investors. The event will explore the role of governments, multilateral development banks (MDBs), development finance institutions (DFIs) and regulators in helping insurance companies and pension funds to allocate more assets in EMDEs. This gathering will also provide the opportunity to discuss the opportunities and challenges posed by the new EU package on sustainable finance.
The afternoon gathering will begin with a presentation from ODI Global – Principal Research Fellow, Samantha Attridge and Senior Research Officer, Bianca Getzel on the recent study “Trillions or billions? Reassessing the potential for European institutional investment in emerging markets and developing economies”. This will be followed by two moderated dialogues which will include experts from DFIs, pensions funds, insurance companies, asset managers, advisors, credit rating agencies and EU institutions to delve into the opportunities to accelerate efforts to harness the booming interest in sustainable finance and shift private capital at scale to better support the needs of people and the planet.
This in-person event will be preceded by a light lunch from 13:00-14:30 CET and followed by a reception.
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AGENDA
13:00
Doors open & registration with stand-up lunch served
14:30
Welcome & opening remarks
Luuk Zonneveld, Board Chair, EDFI
Dora Meredith, Director, ODI Europe
14:40
Setting the scene: ODI presentation + Q&A
Samantha Attridge, Principal Research Fellow, Development and Public Finance, ODI
Bianca Getzel, Senior Research Officer, Development and Public Finance, ODI
15:10
Discussion 1: Experiences and challenges to mobilising institutional capital to EMDEs
Moderated by: Ylva Lindberg, Norfund Executive Vice President, Strategy & Communication, Norfund
Speakers:
Annemieke Mokveld, Manager, Loan Syndications and Agency desk, FMO
Cyrille Langendorff, Managing Partner, Phitrust and Vice President, FAIR French national Advisory Board
Gregor Cigüt, Head of Secretariat, GEMS Consortium
Hélène Macé, Director, Private Finance Mobilisation, Proparco
Lucie Bernatkova, Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Impact Investments, Allianz GI
Rafael Matos Martinón, Director, Head of Sustainability and Impact Investing, COFIDES
Valentina Ramirez, Head, Climate Strategy Implementation and Investor Strategies, IIGCC
16:10
Coffee Break
16:30
Discussion 2: Opportunities and solutions to increase mobilisation of institutional capital to EMDEs
Moderated by: Matt Robinson, Head, Private Capital Mobilisation, BII
Speakers:
Didier Millerot, Head of Unit, Sustainable Finance, DG FISMA, European Commission
Guillaume Barberousse, Director, Sustainable Development, Proparco
Hakim Khelifa, AfricInvest
James Brenton, Senior Advisor, Sustainable Finance & Global Cooperation, EDFI
Kristiina Karjanlahti, Chief Economist, Finnfund
Manfred Schepers, Founder & CEO, ILX;
Sam Sherburn, Director, Capital Mobilisation, GFANZ
17:40
Key Takeaways & Thank you
David Kuijper, CEO EDFI and Chair, EDFI Mobilisation Task force
17:45
Drinks reception
Served with light food.
19:30
Reception concludes
Note: No ticket is needed or issued for the event.
Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions to:
James Pieper, Senior Communications Specialist at EDFI, james.pieper@edfi.eu; or
Nerea Craviotto, Senior EU Policy Analyst at ODI Europe, n.craviotto@odi.org.
