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...
Demand from local lenders, institutions and DFIS for up-to-date project finance knowledge is still strong. But access to real-world case studies from successful - and unsuccessful...
Low commodities prices and political upheaval mask some promising opportunities in infrastructure and energy finance in Latin America. And sponsors still have access to a wealth of...
The Regulated Infrastructure Investment (RII) model is being proposed as a viable replacement for the defunct PFI model in the UK. But go beneath the surface and there are problems...
Despite progress on Polish offshore wind legislation, there are still questions around local content requirements, local liquidity and local currency-denominated PPAs that need to...
The heavily ECA-backed financing for Gazprom's Amur gas processing project has set new tenor and volume benchmarks for both the sponsor and Russian oil and gas – even allowing for...
Cost or cost benefit? Green or greenwash? What does the increasing focus on ESG compliance bring to the infrastructure market and is an impractical take on ESG in danger of...
Ireland-based Kenmare Resources returned to the debt markets in December to refinance the remaining debt backing its Moma titanium mine in Mozambique. The deal has a new lender...
The African Development Bank is providing CFA42 billion (over €64 million) to Burkina Faso to finance water, sanitation and solar electrification projects.The first...
Teresa Czerwinska has been appointed vice-president and member of the Management Committee of the EIB. She will begin her new role on 1 March. Czerwinska was has been a...
A new joint venture of Cellnex (51%) and Bouygues Telecom (49%) is seeking to deploy a national fibre optic network to provide mobile and fixed fibre connectivity to...
On 1 March, Saudi Water Partnership Company (SWPC) will announce the preferred bidder from four consortia vying for the $1 billion Jubail 3A IWP project in Saudi...
The Dominican Republic's Empresa Generadora de Electricidad Haina (EGE Haina) has awarded Spanish company Elecnor a turnkey contract to build the 120MW Girasol solar...
Despite an occasionally patchy record, satellite operators benefit from strong support from ECAs, high-yield investors and some banks, and data is driving ever-greater financing...
The reserves-based loan is moving outside its heartlands in the North Sea and US, and outside its commercial bank niche. But while oil price falls led to minimal distress in the...
In a year of immense change for energy, infrastructure and project finance, Proximo Transmission's regulars pick the trends that mattered in 2019 - and the trends that could shape...
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