UK National Housing Bank backs Starlight rental housing fund to crowd in private capital

National Housing Bank Starlight

Canada-based Starlight Investments has secured backing from the UK government’s National Housing Bank for its second build-to-rent fund, in one of the first transactions by the newly established vehicle as England seeks to draw more private capital into housing. The National Housing Bank, which operates within Homes England, has joined Starlight UK Build-to-Rent Fund II … Read more

Germany backs ADB nature finance hub targeting $5b by 2030

Germany has joined the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Nature Solutions Finance Hub as a financing partner, committing €5.5 million ($6.5 million) in grant cofinancing to support biodiversity and ecosystem projects across Asia and the Pacific. The funding, provided by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and implemented by GIZ, will help the hub … Read more