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Data Analysis: Asia-Pacific investment volumes
Oil & Gas Asia PacificAsia Pacific's infrastructure deficit is vast but the number of bankable deals is still small, leading to patchy deal flow and wild fluctuations in investment volumes when comparing one year to the next
Abengoa crisis puts LatAm on alert
Latin AmericaCreditors and partners working alongside Abengoa, among them various Latin American state-held entities, are feeling the pressure following news that the Spanish renewables developer filed for insolvency protection last week
PPP in the GCC
Renewables MENASeveral Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are investigating ways of utilising more private finance to fund future infrastructure projects, as a reaction to depressed oil prices
The changing equity mix of offshore wind
Renewables EuropeThe equity mix at pre-construction phase for project financed European offshore wind developments has changed vastly since the sector was born more than 15 years ago
Edra Global Energy acquisition, Malaysia
Power Asia Pacific1MDB’s sale of its power unit, Edra Global Energy, to a Chinese developer allows the fund some breathing space to pay off its debt, although ultimately throws up more questions than it answers
Turkey to change PPP rules
Transport EuropeTurkey’s Ministry of Health (MoH) plans to reduce the termination guarantees for financiers of its next generation of hospital PPPs as part of a raft of proposed amendments to concession structures, IJGlobal can exclusively report
Canadian infrastructure turns to public bonds
Transport North AmericaCanada has been able to tap different sources of funding as its infrastructure needs have developed in recent years. The emergence of large transport projects in the country's infrastructure pipeline has led to a rise in publically-listed bond financings, IJGlobal data reveals
Galloper offshore wind, UK
Renewables EuropeAt the start of 2015, the £1.54 billion ($2.35 billion), 336MW Galloper offshore wind project had officially been shelved by principal sponsor RWE. Less than a year later, financing was complete
Initial impacts of Power Africa
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaThe US government's Power Africa initiative has had limited impact to date, but has significant ambitions over the next few years
The return of international lenders to MENA power?
Renewables MENAInternational lenders have provided less proportionally than local banks to Middle East and North African power and water deals during the last two years, IJGlobal data shows
Ijmuiden Sea Lock PPP, the Netherlands
Transport EuropeThe approximately €500 million ($537 million) Ijmuiden Sea Lock is the first major project in the Dutch locks PPP programme to reach financial close. The deal has tested the competitive European infrastructure debt market’s appetite for high leverage and low pricing
Data Analysis: Brazil’s time to shine
Renewables Latin AmericaDespite market volatility, investors still appear convinced by the economics of wind and solar in Brazil
Russia: power plays
Oil & Gas EuropeThis month's Russia Calling forum in Moscow, hosted by Russian state majority-owned bank VTB Capital, drew in international bankers, developers and media to discuss the state of Russia's infrastructure sector
Data Analysis: Limay and the Philippines’ power sector
Power Asia PacificThe Philippines’ power sector remains almost exclusively the preserve of local banks, although one deal working its way through syndication may change that
Investors drawn to Europe’s emergent towercos
Telecoms EuropeIndependent telecoms tower operators across Europe are looking to grow market share. Infrastructure funds are increasingly buying into the strong, low risk returns these tower companies offer.
Dubai’s PPP law signals infrastructure intent
MENADubai passed its new public private partnership (PPP) law last month, signalling the emirate’s intent to use more private capital to develop future infrastructure projects