Private Sector Finance

Capital Markets and Financial Sectors

ADB supports the development of capital markets and financial sectors to facilitate the mobilization of foreign and domestic capital to productive sectors of the economy.

We fund or facilitate funding of financial institutions so they can, in turn, finance small and medium enterprises, microenterprises, local infrastructure facilities, housing mortgages, and other underserved sectors that ADB may not be able to assist directly. Where needed, we help create and build sustainable financial institutions, usually in partnership with like-minded strategic investors.

ADB provides assistance in the form of equity, loans and guarantees to the following private sector institutions:

• Banks
• Capital market institutions, such as stock and fixed income exchanges, central depositories, and rating agencies
• Leasing or non-bank financial institutions
• Insurance companies
• Funds including private equity funds, venture capital funds, mutual funds, distressed asset funds, infrastructure funds and thematic funds (i.e. environment funds)

We are also keen to catalyze complex capital market solutions and other innovative approaches to financing challenges, including the emerging structured finance and securitization market.

View project information documents for proposed and approved private sector projects (i.e. infrastructure and capital markets / financial sectors). Alternatively, view all private sector projects (i.e. proposed, approved and closed / cancelled) or examples of the different types of existing private sector projects.