• Friday the 13th… The Return

    Angus Leslie Melville Transport Europe

    On this day of international dread – Friday the 13th – the IJGlobal editorial turns its quivering focus on the impending horror of returning to the office… for the first time since March 2020

  • UK enters new era for trade with Central America

    Louis Taylor & Dante Mossi Renewables Latin America

    UKEF chief executive Louis Taylor and CABEI executive president Dante Mossi join forces to write and op-ed for IJGlobal in the wake of their signing an MoU earlier this year to presage an uptick in activity between the 2 organisations

  • D4 Motorway PPP, Czech Republic

    Maya Chavvakula Transport Europe

    The D4 motorway PPP in the Czech Republic is a pathfinder project which – in spite of initial setbacks – reached financial close earlier this year, paving way for similar infrastructure projects in the country

  • Autopista Río Magdalena 2, Colombia

    George Hames Transport Latin America

    Colombia's success with the 4G programme – a nationwide plan to revitalise the country's road infrastructure – has set in motion plans for 5G which will go beyond highways to include airports, railways and waterways

  • Royal Adelaide Hospital PPP refi, Australia

    Maya Chavvakula Social & Defence Asia Pacific

    The private sector in Australia seems to be making up for the lack of government action on climate change with the sponsors of the Royal Adelaide Hospital PPP securing the largest healthcare sustainability loan in the world to refinance the project

  • Infra investment key to economic recovery and growth in Africa

    Stephen Barnes Renewables Sub-Saharan Africa

    While the pandemic highlighted Africa’s vulnerable infrastructure, this very same network has the potential to be a catalyst in the continent’s post-COVID-19 economic recovery

  • The Astris Finance Interview

    Ila Patel Renewables Latin America

    On time to celebrate the firm’s 20th anniversary, Astris Finance has been awarded Latin American financial adviser of the year, for the third year in a row – and for good reason. This boutique firm is deeply embedded in the energy and infrastructure sectors in the region, having been active there for the last 2 decades

  • Footscray Hospital PPP, Australia

    Maya Chavvakula Social & Defence Asia Pacific

    The government of Victoria this year successfully procured the “much needed” Footscray Hospital as a public private partnership in a small win for the Covid-battered state

  • Bayfront Infrastructure Capital II IABS securitisation

    David Doré Oil & Gas Asia Pacific

    Imagine originating, bundling, and issuing a diversified portfolio of 30 project finance loans to institutional investors in 5 months… 5 weeks or 5 days. Now contemplate that entire process happening in 5 seconds. What about infrastructure asset-backed securities tokens? Far-fetched? Is that even a future worth creating?

  • The SMBC Interview

    Ila Patel Renewables Latin America

    SMBC enjoyed an impressive 2020 calendar year working on some landmark transactions in the Americas. Taking the pandemic in its stride, SMBC continues to be one of the dominant players in both North America and Latin America

  • Editor’s Choice North America – Prince George’s County Schools

    Ila Patel Social & Defence North America

    Over the last 10 years, while transport projects have continued to be procured in dribs and drabs, social infrastructure deals have begun to emerge slowly as the next hotspots for investment. They include universities, courthouses, student accommodation and waste

  • IJGlobal Awards 2020 – sign up to attend

    Angus Leslie Melville Oil & Gas Asia Pacific

    In the absence of our famed IJGlobal awards nights – normally hosted in London, New York, Singapore and Dubai – we are bringing you all the thrills and spills of the night… virtually

  • IJGlobal ESG Awards – The Judging Panel

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Asia Pacific

    We are delighted to announce the judging panel for the inaugural IJGlobal ESG Awards that were launched last week

  • Cairo Monorail PPP, Egypt

    Anna Cole-Bailey Transport MENA

    Cairo Monorail Transit Project – a mass transit solution that is to be the longest monorail system in the world – quietly reached financial close late last year amid the coronavirus pandemic

  • Banks and investors begin to walk the ESG talk

    Ott Tammik Renewables Europe

    ESG considerations are starting to carry real financial weight, as is visible from the flurry of recent ESG-linked financings in the infrastructure market

  • Brazil’s sanitation sector hots up

    Ila Patel Social & Defence Latin America

    In April, Brazil’s second largest privatisation event took place with Rio de Janeiro state water and sewage utility Cedae auctioning 4 blocs that serve 29 municipalities

  • New York Thruway Service Stations P3

    Ila Patel Transport North America

    Irish company Applegreen has been active in the US market since 2014, slowly expanding its foothold in the forecourt retail space through organic and acquisition-driven growth. The New York Service Areas project is the second P3 project it has been involved in, the first being the Connecticut Highway Service Plazas P3 in which it acquired a 40% stake in 2019

  • Awards – a flattering market reflection?

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Europe

    Having spent the last couple of weeks wading through submissions for IJGlobal Awards 2020 and now having launched into Judgment Day sessions… it’s with a somewhat giddy head that fingers hit keyboard for the Friday missive

  • Taking the pulse on Velindre

    Maya Chavvakula Social & Defence Europe

    The long-delayed Velindre Cancer Research Centre PPP in Wales appears to have received a much-needed breath of life with the Welsh government approving the business case for the development, allowing it to progress to procurement