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LaGuardia Airport PPP, US
Transport North AmericaThe $4 billion LaGuardia Airport PPP project is one of the most significant large-scale airport PPPs to ever reach financial close in the US, and is also the largest PPP deal in North America this year
Data Analysis: AIIB's push into Pakistan
Transport Asia PacificThe new China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has selected a Pakistan project for its first ever loan
Data Analysis: Pakistan's pipeline
Power Asia PacificAs Pakistan prepares to end its status as a ward of the International Monetary Fund, IJGlobal data reveals that the number of infrastructure projects and total transaction volumes have been growing
Finish line for marathon Central Java financing
Power Asia PacificThe seven year saga to get the $4.3 billion 2,000MW Central Java ultra-supercritical coal-fired power project to financial close finally came to an end this week
Data Analysis: Record levels of Chinese acquisitions in Europe
EuropeSome of the largest infrastructure and energy acquisitions in 2015 and 2016 in Europe have featured Chinese companies, bidding alone or as part of a consortia. With only one quarter of data to go by, 2016 is likely the strongest year yet for Chinese acquisitions in Europe
A1/A6 refinancing, the Netherlands
Transport EuropeThe refinancing of the A1/A6 Diemen-Almere Havendreef highway PPP in the Netherlands may signal a wave of Dutch infrastructure refinancings to come
Data Analysis: Tax-exempt PPPs in the US
Social & Defence North AmericaThe burgeoning pipeline of social infrastructure PPPs in the US could be supported by new legislation which could extend the use of tax-exempt private activity bonds
Colón greenfield LNG-to-power, Panama
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaAES Corporation's Colón LNG-to-power project marks a number of milestones for Panama and the wider region. It is the largest combined-cycle facility and first ever LNG terminal in the country, and it is also the largest ever power investment in Central America
Data Analysis: Rise in US social infrastructure deals
Social & Defence North AmericaSix social and water infrastructure PPP deals totaling $1.7 billion in value have reached financial close in the US over the past 14 months, double the number closed during the two years ending 31 December 2014, according to IJGlobal data
Opportunities for Australian investors
Asia PacificInstitutional investors in Australia have fast growing pots of capital to invest, and have long been comfortable with infrastructure as an asset class. These investors are increasingly looking to foreign markets for assets, but more attractive new opportunities may be closer to home
Indonesia limps toward power generation target
Power Asia PacificPresident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s target to install 35,000MW of new power generation capacity by 2019 has created aggressive competition for projects in Indonesia. But progress has been slowed thanks to the limitations of state utility PLN
Beatrice offshore wind, Scotland
Renewables EuropeBeatrice demonstrates ongoing appetite for UK offshore wind, despite the project being developed in the headwinds of changing regulatory regimes, a recession, and a utility sponsor which has changed its operating and investment models
Data Analysis: Solar and wind opportunities surge in MENA
Renewables MENAThe value of active pipeline and procurement wind and solar energy deals in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region reached a new peak of $7.8 billion in 2016 and is trending upwards, according to IJGlobal data
Data Analysis: Mexico’s booming midstream sector
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaIJGlobal data shows that Mexico’s midstream sector has been one of the country’s most active sectors in terms of both procurement and closed financings in the last couple of years
Long Beach civic center, US
Social & Defence North AmericaThe $520 million Long Beach civic center PPP is the largest social infrastructure PPP to close in the US so far in 2016
COP21 starts to impact infrastructure funds
Oil & Gas EuropeNorway's central bank decision's to exclude 52 coal-linked companies from the Government Pension Fund Global (SPU) highlights an increasing attention among fund managers to ESG criteria in the way of COP21