Analysis Archive
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Even educated fund managers do it…
Renewables EuropeDIF do it, EISER do it, even educated Arcus do it. Let’s do it. Let’s flip a fund. That almost trips off the tongue, and it’s a darn site easier to sing than to achieve. It would appear that when it...
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Offshore wind - big business
Renewables EuropeThough 2017 has so far been a quiet year for offshore wind financings, the horizon is littered with turbines out at sea.
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Philippines: Build! Build! Build!
Asia PacificPresident Rodrigo Duterte has signalled his resolve to lift the Philippines economic growth rate by building infrastructure at the fastest pace possible. So who will fund what the administration has...
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A lesser concession…
EuropeInteresting times and stretching the definition of infrastructure, it’s all you hear these days. Heck, it’s all we’ve heard for a good long time and anyone relentlessly beating that drum needs to take...
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David v Goliath: What’s next for LNG?
Oil & Gas North AmericaIs there room for both large and small, modular LNG growth in the US and Canada?
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South Africa coal IPPs under fire
Power Sub-Saharan AfricaDevelopers of coal-fired IPPs in South Africa are having their feet held against the furnace by environmental groups, slowing their progress. The latest court battle – reminiscent of Thabametsi’s –...
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Ireland – a broadband broadside
Telecoms EuropeIrish infrastructure instantly evokes joyous memories of a healthy programme of investments from a very different economic environment – long before the wheels fell off and the nation was shamefully...
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Local bank decline in MENA
Oil & Gas MENAWhile local lenders become less active in MENA energy and infrastructure transactions, international banks are taking a larger slice of a diminishing pie
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Energy storage – country cousin no more
Renewables EuropeOver the years we’ve seen more niche sectors than you care to recall creep out of left- into centre-field for infrastructure. These are mostly whacky wheezes dreamt up by funds desperate to shift...
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HS1 acquisition, UK
Transport EuropeA pool of fund managers formerly focused on PFI/PPP have become eager to buy, and hard to beat, when it comes to core, regulated infrastructure assets in Europe
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Luton Airport, UK
Transport EuropeLuton Airport has always struggled to sell its London credentials, sitting as it does 13 miles north of the capital's orbital motorway. This refi of the concession re-fit and extend the existing...
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Mind the gap
Transport EuropeWhile the UK government has talked a lot about bridging the north-south divide, the regions still lag far behind London in terms of investment in transport infrastructure
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Infra debt funds – brown trouser time
Renewables EuropeThere’s an old tale that Admiral Nelson was once asked by a flunky why he wore a red tunic into battle. He coolly replied that, were he to be shot, the blood would not show and the morale of his...
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China vs Japan outbound
Asia PacificThe two Asian giants are both keen outbound investors. IJGlobal data reveals the Japanese have an edge over their Chinese rivals when it comes to deal volumes, but the gap is narrowing
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Scotland – land of my fathers… and NPD
Social & Defence EuropeThis week we looked on in admiration as Queensferry Crossing – the £1.35 billion bridge linking Edinburgh to the wastelands of Fife – opened to traffic so the Scottish Government can say it went live...
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Interview: Mytrah Energy’s Bob Smith
Renewables Asia PacificIndia’s ambitious renewables goals makes the country’s electricity market the “most exciting in the world,” Mytrah Energy executive vice-president Bob Smith tells IJGlobal.
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Mini-perm treatment for GCC tenors in need of a trim
Renewables MENAMini-perm financings are increasingly in vogue across the GCC, driven by ultra-competitive pricing on renewable energy projects and bank liquidity requirements
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Corruption and infrastructure
Transport 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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Silvertown – make-or-break for UK PPP
Transport EuropeThe UK government dubs Silvertown Tunnel a “nationally-significant infrastructure project”… and not without good reason. It’s the only one out there