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Infra funds – Christmas come early?

Data for our Q1 fundraising report that will be published shortly echo the mood across the industry – that this first quarter felt a lot more like Q4… a time when fund managers bust a gut to achieve final close before the end of the calendar year

Infrastructure… prancing back to the Dark Side

Time to buy shares in paint companies (orange is gonna fly off the shelf) as the infra community completes its volte face, shedding all vestiges of virtue, to make some real money in oil and gas

Infra Dig – Fola Fagbule on the role of AFC

This latest episode of the IJGlobal podcast centres on private sector involvement in the financing of infrastructure and energy and the role AFC plays in driving that agenda. Fola Fagbule head of financial advisory tells all...

Izalia Lopez on Dominican Republic infra

Izalia Lopez, promotion deputy director at the PPP unit of the Dominican Republic, speaks to IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville at IJ LatAm 2025 about plans to invest in national infrastructure

The UK’s transport of delight

While debate continues to wibble on about Heathrow having slammed the shutters due to the curious incident of an exploding substation… the broader transport agenda in the UK is sparking interest

IJGlobal Regional Report – MEA FY 2024

Infrastructure financing across the Middle East and Africa stepped up impressively over the course of the full-year 2024 with Saudi Arabia dominating activity

Well, they’re not laughing now…

Bob Monkhouse famously quipped: “They all laughed when I said I'd become a comedian. Well, they're not laughing now.” Right about now this kinda chimes for the international standing of London as a financial centre

Infra Dig – Mitsubishi’s Energy Revolution

The energy revolution is moving at pace, and Mitsubishi Power Europe is right in the vanguard as it supports the transition of natural gas power plants to hydrogen. Javier Cavada joins the Infra Dig podcast to tell how the land lies on developments...

LatAm… blood, sweat and cheers

First quarter mayhem is winding down for Team IJ with the infra circus having struck tents in Miami and applause fading in New York… just a few more Q1 hurdles to vault and we’re back to plain sailing. So, for now, let's take a look at takeaways from our Miami Conference

IJ LatAm Podcast – Pablo Cevallos, Ecuador

IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down at IJ LatAm 2025 with Pablo Cevallos – Ecuador’s secretary for public-private partnerships – to hear about plans to drive investments into infrastructure and energy

IJGlobal Regional Report – APAC FY 2024

Infrastructure finance across the Asia Pacific region declined across the board when comparing market activity from full-year 2024 against deals closed in 2023

IJGlobal Regional Report – Europe FY 2024

The full-year 2024 witnessed an increase in market activity across European infrastructure and energy with particularly noteworthy upticks in M&A and refinance

NAIA, Philippines’ trailblazing airport PPP

Philippines’ Ninoy Aquino International Airport PPP project reached financial close with a P80 billion 2-part facility in December 2024. While the financing was raised fully from local banks it drew international attention due to its robust transaction structure

Infra Dig – The Great Xlinks Update

IJGlobal returns to Xlinks – the Morocco-UK power project – with this latest episode of Infra Dig, going for an update on one of the most interesting transactions currently in play. Xlnks CEO James Humfrey provides a deep dive into a fascinating project finance transaction...

IJGlobal Regional Report – North America, FY 2024

The full-year 2024 logged impressive increases across the board for North American greenfield and brownfield activity in the infrastructure and energy asset classes

Infra Dig – LatAm infrastructure lending

Aitor Alava – managing director and LatAm head of infrastructure and energy finance at Natixis – talks to IJGlobal about the regional lending environment... less than a month before "The Miami Conference"