The Asia Pacific region remains the most active and liquid region for infrastructure investments, closing a number of high value energy deals over the past months. Regional infrastructure investments soared despite weak a global economic outlook and the anaemic growth seen in economies across other regions, including the US. As growing demand for natural resources fuels Asian economic development

As the top region for project finance investment in 2012 (IJ Global PF Infrastructure Review FY 2012: Regions) the attractiveness and abundance of investment opportunity in the Americas is undeniable

In 2012 European infrastructure investment suffered significantly from the region’s deteriorated economic situation

Overall the total direct equity invested into project finance transactions in 2012 fell to around US$31 billion, down from US$44 billion the year before. Within that only tax equities recorded a rise, with cash equity declining by 15 per cent, grants by a massive 99 per cent and equity bridge loans decreasing by 48 per cent.

The landscape of debt funding (bank loans, bonds, IFI loans, government support, ECA financing), the traditional source of funding of infrastructure projects, is changing; the current economic climate coupled with new regulatory initiatives affecting the ways banks lend and capital markets operate.

2012 was a difficult year for PPP participants, even in comparison to the dire market conditions of four years ago, as the global PPP market dipped following a deteriorating economic environment across its active markets.

The spectre of the economic crisis loomed large over Transport project finance in 2012, with the year-on-year uptick seen between 2009 and 2011 completely wiped out

The outlook of global infrastructure significantly deteriorated in 2012 with both global volume and deal count dipping below 2009 lows