Analysis Archive
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Belt and Road: the next phase
Asia PacificChina is looking to shift the funding strategy for its Belt and Road initiative away from government loans and towards more diversified sources of financing
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Infra debt funds: small but growing
Oil & Gas EuropeEven though the IJInvestor database shows that only 20% of total funds in raising mode are geared towards debt rather than equity deals, investor appetite for the asset class seems to be slowly...
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China powering into Africa
Power Sub-Saharan AfricaLast year saw a surge in investment in Africa power assets by Chinese institutions, demonstrating how the continent continues to be of major economic and strategic importance to the Asian superpower
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EXCLUSIVE The Colombia 4G slow down
Transport Latin AmericaDistrust in the government and corruption scandals have made most banks hit the brake
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Spalding Energy Expansion Project, the UK
Power EuropeInterGen’s Spalding Energy Expansion Project in Lincolnshire, the UK, reached financial close on 27 February – to a tune of £72 million in debt financing
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Here come the Belgians…
Transport EuropeBelgium looks to be on the verge of launching a pipeline of projects – a development that may stay the hand of the European greenfield community which is currently tying a hangman’s noose, one eye...
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Renewables tenders in Turkey
Renewables EuropeIt is not without its challenges, but the Turkish renewables market is providing ample opportunities for investment in greenfield projects
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White-Line Fever – the European malady
Oil & Gas Sub-Saharan AfricaIn a perfect world all infrastructure and energy projects are delivered without hitch, operate as expected and run the course of the contract within the parameters outlined in tomes of legal...
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Fund analysis: Basalt Infrastructure Partners II
Renewables EuropeUK-based manager Basalt Infrastructure Partners on 8 February announced final close for its second infrastructure fund at $1.3 billion
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The most important US infra project (that may never happen)
Transport North AmericaA project that has to be built, a funding gap of billions of dollars, and a President reluctant to plug it
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Saudi gets solar right with Sakaka
Renewables MENAAfter a number of false starts, Saudi Arabia’s first utility scale solar project – the 300MW Sakaka PV plant – is nearing financial close. The deal is the first step in the kingdom’s ambitious...
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Data centres – led by the wrinkled nose
Telecoms EuropeData centres - they are increasingly flavour of the day among infrastructure funds with a good number of them shifting focus to target these assets. We are seeing increasing activity in this space and...
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Private placements and investors' expanding appetites
Oil & Gas EuropeA few years ago, private placements in infrastructure were primarily focused on refinancings. Now, the private placement market has evolved in a number of ways enabling institutional investors to...
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Kuwait PPP 10 years on
Renewables MENAIt is 10 years since Kuwait launched its PPP programme, which to date has delivered just one project, leading many to question whether procurement agency Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects...
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Acquisition of 70% of ENGIE E&P International
Oil & Gas Asia PacificPrivate equity-backed operators have poured billions of dollars into the North Sea upstream industry over the last 18 months. Neptune Energy’s first deal to buy out ENGIE's portfolio seals the entry...
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Spanish vultures circle for road killing
Transport EuropeSpanish construction leaders are lining up for the nine national road projects that are presently in triage – defibrillator juiced up – to revive them in time for a short spell of public ownership...
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The bluffer’s guide to infrastructure
MENASitting down yesterday to an old-school lunch with a rare selection of industry veterans, discussion over a succulent rack of lamb and a cheeky bottle of red inevitably turned to the nostalgic “where...
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Dublin Energy-from-Waste refinancing, Ireland
Renewables EuropeThe original financing of Covanta’s Dublin/Poolbeg energy-from waste (EfW) plant in 2014 took the best part a decade to close, unluckily catching the tail winds of the 2008 financial crisis. Fast...
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Data Analysis: Europe and energy still funds' favourite
Oil & Gas EuropeEurope and energy - across traditional energy and renewables - continue to be the most significant focus at the start of 2018 for unlisted, close-ended funds raising capital globally