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Valentine’s Bonus – bankers are blue
Social & Defence EuropeWord from the banking community has it that if you’re holding out for a heart-warming letter from your boss in the coming weeks – one that leaves you in little doubt how much you’re loved – well… you’re in for a nasty surprise
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Vinča waste-to-energy PPP, Serbia
Social & Defence EuropeA consortium of Suez, Itochu and Marguerite closed late last year on a landmark waste-to-energy PPP project to transform waste management in Serbia’s capital city
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2020: Year of the debt fund?
Social & Defence North AmericaWhile the gap between equity and debt fundraising was still wide in 2019, Q4 figures highlight a potentially new trend
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Asia's first infra loan securitisation platform
Social & Defence Asia PacificClifford Capital and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank announced last month the establishment of Bayfront Infrastructure Management – a platform to mobilise institutional capital for infrastructure debt in Asia. IJGlobal spoke with both equity holders to learn more
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IJInvestor Awards 2019 Rising Star – Mounir Corm
Social & Defence EuropeTalking to Mounir Corm, one immediately realises that you are dealing with someone whose interests and skills reach far beyond the financial universe
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PF bankers declare war on The Man
Social & Defence EuropeOne thing a hack never wants to do is to give credit to another title for making a fair fist of a story that sits firmly in his/her own sector… but today, this infra scribbler is swallowing pride while doffing a cap to the FT for writing a story that impacts infrastructure finance on a global basis
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Brazil political risk for infra investors
Social & Defence Latin AmericaBrazil’s political risk is declining after a decades of tumultuous events. The political crises involving ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Odebrecht, Petrobras and Operation Carwash remain painful reminders to investors worldwide of unmeasured political economic risks
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No, actually… it’s all about us!
Social & Defence Asia PacificWhen we go out to meetings and dare to drop into the conversation the subject of awards nights, it can go either of two ways. Either they lean in, ears pricking up… or they peer at you through fingers, shaking heads vigorously
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A game of infra bingo
Social & Defence EuropeLadies and gentlemen, take your seats for this afternoon’s infrastructure entertainment. We’ve a game for you to play – a real crowd-pleaser – one that’ll have you on the edge of your seats and excite your competitive spirits
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DFIs push ahead in Argentina
Social & Defence Latin AmericaWhile the wider economy faces significant uncertainty, DFIs have continued to support energy and infrastructure projects in Argentina
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Hallowe’en – an infra tribute to Poe
Social & Defence EuropeOnce upon a Friday dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary… the challenge of writing an editorial, mulling quaint and curious volumes of infra lore. While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping as of someone gently hacking, writing stories on the news floor. “’Tis some reporter,” I muttered, “tapping at his keyboard – only this and nothing more.”
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Another year older, another year…
Social & Defence Asia PacificThere are certain things by which you can chart your life and it’s a little bit sad when it dawns on you that IJGlobal’s quarterly league tables have become a landmark for tracking the flow of years
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New Zealand's substantial infra pipeline
Social & Defence Asia PacificThe Government of New Zealand has an ambitious pipeline of 174 infrastructure projects it intends to develop over the next five years, requiring a total investment of roughly NZ$6.1 billion. Taking the reins is the new Infrastructure Commission,Te Waihanga, due to be up and running as of this month
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Infra M&A – virus that proves the vaccine?
Social & Defence Asia PacificAre people paying too much for infra and energy assets? Has the market finally reached the stage where stupendously stupid things are being done? With a market correction on the way, are the wheels about to fall off in the most spectacular manner?
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Lowland slowdown
Social & Defence EuropePPP activity has moved from the Netherlands to Belgium. While the former was famed for its procurement, its neighbour has found projects slow-going
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A new template for Flemish schools
Social & Defence EuropeBelgium is hoping it has learnt the lessons of the past as it tries to push forward the procurement of new schools in Flanders
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Laydeez an’ gennelmen – place your bets
Social & Defence EuropeIn a sector designed for stable and predictable cash flows, safe bets placed on sound business cases… why does it feel these days like the industry’s studying form at the paddock?
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Change of focus for North American fund managers
Social & Defence North AmericaWith large equity fund managers making their foray into the debt space, IJInvestor data shows the strategy is slowly gaining ground in the region
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Grass is greener
Social & Defence EuropeBrownfield funds enjoy the greatest prominence in the current climate of fundraising activity, but there are those making the case for greenfield investing, enlightening LPs to the potential upsides