The Minerals Security Partnership Finance Network will attempt to boost ECA and DFI support for critical mineral projects around the world. At a time of uncertainty in the metal markets, government collaboration will be welcomed. But how can MSP members successfully manage a unique cocktail of challenges, from price volatility and financing terms to sustainability and trade disputes?

Lila Granda talks strategy in her first interview since her appointment as head of political risk & credit, and Vantage Risk Companies’ admission to Berne Union as full members. How does the company work with MDBs and DFIs? How do fronting solutions help? What is the role of CPRI in sustainable infrastructure finance, longer tenor deals, and above all, how is the company embracing technology in the specialty risk market?

Europe’s gigafactory bubble is bursting with battery makers Northvolt and ACC halting schemes amid waning demand for EVs. With project sponsors reviewing business models, debt parking arrangements are underway. Have Europe’s EV hopes lost charge?