• Uruguay ramps up PPP

    Rosie Fitzmaurice Transport Latin America

    Uruguay is set to see an uptick in PPP procurement in 2016, as Vázquez's government rolls out the initial projects of a $12 billion infrastructure programme

  • Data Analysis: Australia's debt market

    Thomas Blott Asia Pacific

    Australia’s debt market remains largely dominated by the big four Australian banks – Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Australia Bank and Westpac – although there are some signs that international lenders, traditionally content to club with Australian banks, are starting to rival their domestic counterparts on deals

  • Behind the meter: securitisation and US distributed energy

    Rene Lavanchy Renewables North America

    Amid pessimism about access to finance for energy infrastructure, deal flow in one sector seems to be accelerating

  • TransGrid, Australia

    Thomas Blott Power Asia Pacific

    The A$10.3 billion financing for the acquisition of the 99-year lease of New South Wales electricity distribution company TransGrid tested the willingness of the offshore bank market to finance large infrastructure assets in Australia and international banks responded with a clear positive signal

  • A project bond refinancing boom, when rates rise

    Alexandra Dockreay Europe

    Europe should continue to see a high number of projects refinanced in 2016, even if the recent interest rate rise in the US is followed by similar moves in the UK and continental Europe

  • UK's new nuclear moves forward - but slowly

    Olivia Gagan Power Europe

    This week sponsors of two of the UK’s most advanced new nuclear projects, the £24.5 billion ($34.7 billion) 3.2GW Hinkley Point C and the £14 billion, 2.7GW Wylfa Newydd project both announced new stages in their development

  • LT analysis: Bond rush

    Jon Whiteaker North America

    IJGlobal's full-year league table data shows the total value for energy and infrastructure bond financings in 2015 reached record levels, with the majority of issuance for North American assets

  • LT analysis: Flight to maturity

    Jon Whiteaker Europe

    IJGlobal's full-year league tables show that the total value for all transactions reaching financial close globally during 2015 was only fractionally up on the previous year. However, investment shifted decisively to more mature markets

  • Azura-Edo gas-fired, Nigeria

    Jon Whiteaker Power Sub-Saharan Africa

    After years of development, Nigeria’s first greenfield independent power producer (IPP) project reached financial close at the end of 2015

  • Data Analysis: US renewables financing surges

    Sakshi Sharma Renewables North America

    The total value and volume of closed transactions for renewables projects in North America hit record levels this year, with $47.5 billion closed across 153 deals in 2015 (as of 15 December), according to IJGlobal data

  • Track 3B, Malaysia

    Thomas Blott Power Asia Pacific

    Malaysia’s 3B has had an eventful history to say the least, although the financing represents a successful outcome for sponsors Tenaga Nasional and Mitsui

  • Waha gas pipelines, US

    Rene Lavanchy Oil & Gas North America

    Carso Energy, Energy Transfer Partners and MasTec reached financial close on a $1.38 billion financing for their Waha-Presidio and Waha-San Elizario pipelines on 17 November

  • Data Analysis: European refinancing in 2015

    Alexandra Dockreay Transport Europe

    IJGlobal data shows that the level of refinancings in the first three quarters of 2015 already reached a volume unprecedented in the last 10 years, for European infrastructure project finance

  • Data Analysis: Asia-Pacific investment volumes

    Thomas Blott Oil & Gas Asia Pacific

    Asia 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

    Rosie Fitzmaurice Latin America

    Creditors 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

    Jordan Bintcliffe Renewables MENA

    Several 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

    Olivia Gagan Renewables Europe

    The 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

    Thomas Blott Power Asia Pacific

    1MDB’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

    Alexandra Dockreay Transport Europe

    Turkey’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



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