World Nuclear Association announced that Stifel’s European platform, a sector-focused growth investment bank, has joined as member.

Stifel hosted the latest session of the Association’s Financing Nuclear Briefing Series (FNBS) at their Cheapside offices in London, bringing together financiers, analysts, and industry leaders to examine nuclear’s cost of capital from the perspective of market practitioners.

 Their active engagement in nuclear finance dialogue highlights the value they bring as a new member of the Association, stated World Nuclear Association .

During the recent FNBS session hosted at Stifel, Sama León, Director General of World Nuclear Association, remarked: “As the global nuclear industry works to at least triple global nuclear capacity by 2050, we recognise that engagement with the finance community is essential to raise investment across the full nuclear value chain. Stifel joining the Association highlights our efforts to turn policy momentum into delivery action, by sharing knowledge across sectors to demystify nuclear for investors and scale at the pace global energy systems now demand.”

“Stifel is committed to facilitating the access to high-capital requirements of the nuclear sector, which is now being seen by many financial institutions as an essential component for delivering clean, reliable, baseload power, including meeting the surging energy demands of emerging AI technologies” said Pierre Gaulier, Managing Director, Energy Transition, Stifel Investment Banking.

“Hosting the recent Financing Nuclear Briefing Series highlighted the importance of strengthening collaboration between industry and finance to unlock the financing necessary for nuclear power to thrive” said Alex Boyce, Head of Capital Solutions, Stifel Investment Banking.

Boyce, joined expert panellists at the FNBS session to discuss how market practitioners view nuclear’s cost of capital.

Discussions at the briefing emphasised that the nuclear sector is at a unique moment, with major energy users signalling urgent demand for scalable power.

Stifel joins a growing cohort of financial institutions engaging proactively with the nuclear sector as global policy, market signals and investor appetite converge around the goal to triple nuclear capacity by 2050.

Their participation enhances the Association’s expanding financial sector membership, complementing engagement from banks, insurers, analysts, and market practitioners across the entire nuclear value chain. -OGN/TradeArabia News Service