International Women’s Day 2026: Gender Is Not a Cause — It’s a Pricing Error
International Women’s Day is often framed as a moment for reflection, celebration, or renewed moral commitment. Those narratives have their place. But for capital markets, they miss the point. Because gender is not primarily a question of values. It is a question of whether markets are allocating capital efficiently. Markets are designed to identify value, […]
CEO Monthly Update – Feb 2026
Before I begin this update, I want to express that we are deeply saddened by the situation in the Middle East, and our thoughts are very much with you at this time. I sincerely hope that you, your colleagues, and your families are safe and well. Separately, I was also deeply saddened to hear of […]
LMA’s Impactful Visit to Nigeria: Strengthening Ties in the West Africa Loan Markets
Advancing Sustainability, Education, and Market Growth Across West Africa The Loan Market Association (LMA) returned to Nigeria this April to mark another important chapter in our long-standing engagement with the region. Through years of collaboration, we have collectively went further together and reached new heights in the African loan markets — a journey made possible […]
Powering the Future: Financing Data Centres in the Digital Age
The LMA recently held our inaugural European Loan Markets conference – over 400 market practitioners gathered in Paris pushing the boundaries by covering the recent emerging trends in loan markets. One such area is the financing of data centres and with a great panel of market leaders, 45 mins was not enough to do the […]
Piecing together the East African debt market jigsaw: key outcomes from the LMA’s East Africa Conference
The numbers speak for themselves… or do they? Not according to speakers at the LMA’s East Africa Conference in Nairobi this year. In fact, if you are interested in truly understanding the nuances and drivers behind this part of the loan market, or indeed the African market more broadly, you need to look way beyond […]