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Who’s afraid of the CLO?
Social & Defence Asia PacificNot all financial instruments with three-letter acronyms are scary. CLOs for infrastructure debt are not only making a comeback but now being promoted as a solution to climate change
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Ravenhall Prison PPP refinancing, Australia
Social & Defence Asia PacificThe US private placement refinancing of Ravenhall Prison PPP in Victoria has achieved a record tenor, going out to the end of the project's concession term in 2042
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Fund focus switches from Asia Pacific to social infra
Social & Defence Asia PacificAs eight unlisted, closed-ended infrastructure funds raised $20.6 billion at final close in the first quarter of 2019, some interesting trends have emerged from the IJInvestor Funds and Investors Q1 2019 report
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Sharing “spillover tax revenue”: a revolution in infra
Social & Defence Asia PacificIndia’s new national broadband network could be the first project to enact an entirely new concession model, one which could revolutionise infrastructure finance
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Investment in India gathers momentum
Social & Defence Asia PacificIJInvestor data shows that international funds and institutional investors are already active in the market. There are 36 active funds focusing solely on India with a target of investing over $90 billion of capital
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Infra fund dilemma – blame the pig or the feeder?
Social & Defence Asia PacificIn the same week that Luxembourg announced plans to legalise cannabis (and make all public transport free), folk have been wondering whether many infrastructure fund managers will domicile in the small European duchy to enjoy the benefits of a liberal system while they play fast and loose with targets and hard caps
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It’s beginning to look a lot like infra…
Social & Defence Asia PacificWelcome to the final missive for the year written in the teetering shadow of a mountain of IJGlobal award submissions in advance of signing off for 2018 and wishing you all a merry Christmas and the very best for 2019
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The new year – back for another swing
Social & Defence Asia PacificA couple of (hopefully) amusing anecdotes, a preview of our league tables which will be published in a couple of weeks' time and mulling the awards for which we shall hosting judging sessions over the course of this month
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Infrastructure funds – big news
Social & Defence Asia PacificIn the same week that IJGlobal goes live with our infrastructure funds database – IJInvestor – it feels appropriate to turn the focus on an interesting trend in the equity space: the rise of technical advisers as investors.
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Corruption and infrastructure
Social & Defence Asia PacificCan we draw any parallels between the perceived corruption levels in a country and its ability to procure infrastructure projects?
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IJ League Tables – everyone’s not a winner
Social & Defence Asia PacificIt’s that time of year again… League Table Time. Back in the day, we used only to publish them twice a year and – frankly – that was quite enough. But no, you turn your back for seven years and it’s gone quarterly. Huzzah
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League table high achievers
Social & Defence Asia PacificWith every new set of performance rankings, whatever or whoever is being measured, there are winners and there are losers. Those who exceed expectations, and those who have had a shocker
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Interview: Siemens's Anthony Casciano
Social & Defence Asia PacificThe Asia-Pacific region’s economies are forecast by the International Monetary Fund to grow at an average 5.3% this year, and remains one of the brightest spots for infrastructure suppliers, including Siemens
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Data analysis: North America beats Europe as fundraising focus
Social & Defence Asia PacificFundraising activities have been geared towards global opportunities in the past eighteen months, with North America beating Europe for funds with a regional focus
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Data Analysis: Asia-Pacific investment volumes
Social & Defence Asia PacificAsia Pacific's infrastructure deficit is vast but the number of bankable deals is still small, leading to patchy deal flow and wild fluctuations in investment volumes when comparing one year to the next
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Q1 2015 League Table Analysis: Australian PPP
Social & Defence Asia PacificIJGlobal’s Q1 league tables for 2015 show Australia’s PPP sector as a consistently strong area of activity for sponsors in the Asia Pacific market
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Asia-Pacific Healthcare Deal of the Year 2013: Bendigo Hospital
Social & Defence Asia PacificAsia-Pacific Healthcare Deal of the Year 2013: Bendigo Hospital
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Bendigo Hospital PPP
Social & Defence Asia PacificThe Bendigo Hospital Project is smaller than some of the recent hospital PPP’s in Australia. It maybe destined to be remembered chiefly because of a brief legal problem with the lead member of the winning consortium
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Wiri Prison PPP, New Zealand - IJ Awards 2013 Social Infrastructure deal of the year
Social & Defence Asia PacificThe Wiri Prison PPP was not the first PPP to close in the New Zealand but it is a pathfinder for the country's PPP market