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July 15, 2024
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FinDev Canada invests in Costa Rica’s first blue bond

Montreal (Quebec), 15 July 2024 – FinDev Canada, Canada’s bilateral Development Finance Institution, is investing up to $US 20 million in a blue bond issued by Banco Nacional de Costa Rica (BNCR). This transaction builds on FinDev Canada’s successful past collaboration with BNCR, through the corporation’s $US 30 million participation in an IDB Invest-led subordinated social bond in 2022.
May 1, 2024
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FinDev Canada endorses the DFI blended finance principles, considered best practice for DFIs

Montreal (Quebec), 1 May 2024 – FinDev Canada, Canada’s bilateral Development Finance Institution (DFI), has joined the DFI Working Group on Blended Concessional Finance for Private Sector Projects (DFI Blended Finance Working Group), and endorsed the DFI Enhanced Principles for Blended Concessional Finance. These principles represent best practice among DFIs, promoting high standards, additionality, commercial sustainability, crowding-in and minimum concessionality, as well as reinforcing markets.