Much that is useful in blended finance is not new, and much that is new in blended finance is not useful – but the concept has captured the imagination of DFIs looking to access a large pool of below-market capital from philanthropists and impact investors that are willing to partner up to achieve their ESG goals.
With the European fibre market entering the project financing mainstream, how big can the wider digital infrastructure market get, and what risk mitigants are still needed to give investors and lenders more comfort with non-fibre niches?
What do JBIC, SMBC, MUFG, Mizuho, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, OCBC and DBS all have in common?
The $15.3 billion RAPID project in Malaysia is nearing completion and financial close on $9.7 billion of partially ECA-backed facilities, with margins at record lows, looks likely by September. But does lender appetite for this deal...
Cracks are starting to appear in the Canadian PPP model and a new infrastructure bank may do little to halt aggressive shifts in risk towards the private sector.
First State Investments-owned Finerge’s recent Portuguese wind portfolio refinancing knocked around 100bp off the cost of debt and upped the tenor. But most significantly it is...
The recent Bioceanico highway securitisation is being held up as a benchmark for Paraguayan infrastructure finance – and it is. But is it the kind of easily replicable financing...
The 640MW Yunlin offshore wind project financing provides a more viable template for Taiwanese large-scale offshore wind than its precursor Formosa 1. But local content...
Bahrain Petroleum Company's ECA-backed financing for its Sitra refinery expansion held a surprise last month - the final ECA allocations were shaved significantly in favour of...
European solar is predicted to balloon again in the next two years. But with the move to merchant, a relatively seminal corporate PPA market, development of solar-plus-storage and...
Even in a US LNG market that is looking up, a familiar sponsor is responsible for the most recent crop of financing. So is the return of Cheniere to the debt market a sign of major...
IFM Investors has mandated Morgan Stanley as financial advisor on a bid for MIRA’s 51% controlling stake in Hobart Airport. MIRA hired Credit Suisse earlier this...
The UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has released a wave of new energy-related policy proposals. The documents include proposals...
Tunisia’s Ministry for Energy, Mines and Renewable Energy has received five bids for the 500MW solar tender it launched in November 2018.The lowest bid –...
Jefferies has appointed Juan Carlos Lorenzo as head of its Latam debt capital markets business. He joins from Goldman Sachs where he was also responsible for leading all...
US Solar Fund (USF) is making its first acquisition – the 128MWdc Milford Solar Project in Utah from Longroad Energy Partners. USF is providing $30 million of...
Interest rate hedging arrangements are more vulnerable to Libor's replacement than rises in base rates. Proximo talks hedge mechanics with Cogswell Consulting's Ian Cogswell,...
The supply of assets is nowhere near matching the wall of institutional debt and equity that wants to build renewables portfolios. Proximo talks supply and demand with Martin...
Banks are now offering infrastructure corporates pricing discounts if they meet their sustainability targets. Are the targets meaningful, and is there any reason why project...
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| 2 | FMO Development Bank | 16m | 1 | 10.9% |
| 3 | Euler Hermes Aktiengesellschaft | 0m | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | Nordex | 0m | 0 | 0% |
| 5 | Genneia Vientos Patagonicos | 0m | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | Genneia Vientos del Sudamericanos | 0m | 0 | 0% |
| 7 | GIEK - The Norwegian Export Credit Guarantee Agency (GIEK) | 0m | 0 | 0% |
| 8 | Scatec Solar | 0m | 0 | 0% |
| 9 | Green Growth Fund | 0m | 0 | 0% |
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