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Thanaleng Dry Port PPP, Laos
Transport Asia PacificThe Thanaleng dry port public-private partnership achieved financial close in December 2023 ahead of its full commissioning later this year
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IJGlobal Regional Report – Asia Pacific, FY 2023
Oil & Gas Asia PacificInfrastructure finance across Asia Pacific marked a marginal increase in activity over the course of the 2023 calendar year, logging improved stats when held against full-year 2022, according to the IJGlobal database
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Seoul’s Dongbu Underground Expressway PPP
Transport Asia PacificThe 10.1km Dongbu Underground Expressway is a toll road public-private partnership project in the offing for nearly a decade. To be built in South Korean capital Seoul and targeted to be commissioned by end-2028, the project overcame a lot of hurdles before securing its financing
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IJGlobal Regional Report – Asia Pacific, Q3 2023
Oil & Gas Asia PacificAsia Pacific bucked the broader trend of poor performance across infrastructure and energy financing activity in the third quarter of this year, achieving similar levels to recent times led by O&G and renewables. For the full year up to the end of Q3, infra finance deployment across APAC amounted to $223.6 billion, a slight uptick on last year’s numbers
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Karatau farm: Uzbekistan’s first wind PPP
Renewables Asia PacificThe 100MW Karatau wind farm in Uzbekistan is set to become a harbinger of many more landmark transactions in the Central Asian country
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Road ahead: Actis' new structure for Indian acquisition
Transport Asia PacificPrivate equity firm Actis took a new approach to its acquisition of a road portfolio of 6 operating assets in India. The loan backing the acquisition is structured in a way that it continues even after the assets are transferred to an infrastructure investment trust
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NephroPlus seals dialysis units’ PPP, Uzbekistan
Social & Defence Asia PacificFrom renewables to education, Uzbekistan has successfully embraced the public-private partnership structure. In the healthcare segment, one such project - the 4 greenfield dialysis centers PPP by NephroPlus Health Services Central Asia – stands out
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IJGlobal Awards 2022 – APAC Company Winners
Oil & Gas Asia PacificThe Asia Pacific winners of the coveted IJGlobal Awards 2022 company prize category were announced yesterday evening at a gala dinner at Park Royal – Beach Road, Singapore
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IJGlobal Annual Report 2023
Renewables Asia PacificIJGlobal is today publishing its annual report that will be printed and made available to guests at the London awards night on Thursday 9 March
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Maldives journey to renewables – scope and challenges
Renewables Asia PacificDFIs are growing their support towards an upcoming pipeline of rooftop, floating and ground-mounted solar projects in a bid to increase the attractiveness of the upcoming Maldivian renewables sector for global investors. We take a closer look at the growing attractiveness towards the new sector, its challenges and opportunities
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GI Hub reveals Asia's resilience during high inflation
Oil & Gas Asia PacificAsia’s infrastructure markets can leverage increasingly mature sustainable instruments and the availability of multilaterals to stay resilient amid rapid inflation and rising interest rates. IJGlobal shares insights with Henri Blas, chief content officer of Global Infrastructure Hub, about global trends of private investment in infrastructure in relation to Asia
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North East Link PPP, Australia
Transport Asia PacificThe North East Link PPP boasts several accolades, the largest PPP project to date in Australia and – most notably – the first such development in the world, or so they repeatedly claim, to be procured using the “collaborative contracting model” where the procurement authority assumes a portion of the construction risk
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Bulacan International Airport PPP Phase 1, Philippines
Transport Asia PacificAfter many years of hurdles and delays, Philippines conglomerate San Miguel reached the first step of materialising a $14 billion greenfield airport, which last month achieved financial close on phase 1's land development works
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Navi Mumbai International Airport, India
Transport Asia PacificAdani has achieved financial close on the $2.6 billion Navi Mumbai International Airport PPP. The transaction sheds light on the airport’s complex pre-construction history, as well as more than a decade’s journey of obstacles that have led up to the financial close
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An insight into Bangladesh’s PPP landscape
Transport Asia PacificBy taking a look into Bangladesh’s PPPs projects – specifically on port and road PPPs – we can gain insight into Bangladesh’s current PPP landscape. Taking a look at ongoing projects, upcoming projects, and projects taken out of the PPP pipeline, we can understand the obstacles and challenges the government of Bangladesh has faced
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Infra Dig Podcast – The GI Hub Fireside Chat
Renewables Asia PacificThe latest in the IJGlobal Infra Dig podcast series was broadcast today – a fireside chat with Global Infrastructure Hub chief executive Marie Lam-Frendo
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Mumbai-Pune Expressway's Missing Link, India
Transport Asia PacificThanks to the world's widest and one of India’s longest tunnels, travellers going from Mumbai to Pune will save 25 to 30 minutes by the end of 2023. The so-called Missing Link’s blend of annuity and toll payments innovates the Indian project finance market
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IJGlobal Awards 2021 – Asia Pacific Judging Team
Oil & Gas Asia PacificWe are delighted to announce the judging team for Asia Pacific – an esteemed group of infrastructure professionals who will gather to debate and discuss company submissions for IJGlobal Awards 2021
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EXCLUSIVE IJ Podcasts S01 Ep01 – The almost right word
Oil & Gas Asia PacificIJ Podcasts' Episode 1 – The almost right word – of its inaugural season focuses on unpacking infrastructure as an asset class and the contours of infra finance. The venture capital industry, in particular, has tended not to have infra finance in its opportunity set. Our guests examine what infrastructure is and how the private sector has taken an increasingly expansive view of the asset class