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...
Pertamina EP Cepu's recent Jambaran-Tiung Biru project financing was a first on many levels for Indonesian oil and gas, setting benchmarks for multi-sourcing debt and bank appetite...
France’s first offshore wind farm project financing – the 480MW Saint Nazaire scheme – had an extended deal gestation of over seven years after facing several legal and...
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) pulled in record low tariff offers this month for its latest 900MW solar PV scheme – DEWA V. But there is no promise from DEWA of a...
With the sponsors of the Formosa 2 offshore wind project concluding the final details of an ECA-backed debt financing, confidence in the bankability of Taiwan's developing offshore...
The DFI-backed Da Mi floating solar power project financing has proved the viability of such schemes in Vietnam. But the government needs to provide more lender comforts if a hefty...
Turkey has long been the European comeback king of project and trade borrowing. And against all the economic odds, the cost of debt in both markets appears to be falling back...
Following the recent financial close on GNA 1, and the Sergipe project the previous year, is the Brazilian LNG-to-power sector ready for commercially banked deals with little or no...
Tages Helios 2, managed by Tages Capital, has refinanced a €425 million ($290 million) portfolio of solar and wind power plants, with a total of 142MW capacity. The...
Privately-owned Italian train operator Italo has signed a €1.1bn syndicated green loan – the largest ever in the transport sector. Proceeds will refinance...
Cochin International Airport Limited's CIAL Infrastructures Limited (CIL) has issued a tender for 12MW of grid-connected solar capacity at Etukudukka, Payyanur...
The government of Ghana has signed the concession agreement for the construction of the Accra SkyTrain Project. Feasibility studies are due to commence shortly for the...
The president of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen has announced that a policy will be initiated that will add 10GW of offshore wind capacity between 2026 and 2035. Taiwan is...
As surely as bust follows boom, project work-outs follow a loosening of deal structures. And lenders need to learn to keep forecasts realistic. Proximo hosts AlixPartners' Frank...
Green certification is very popular with bank and corporate bond issuers, but project bond and emerging market issuers have been more wary. Proximo talks market development with...
The macro backdrop to infrastructure finance development hasn't been so cloudy for over a decade. Perspectives from Joe Blenkinsopp, AXA; Kerry Alexander, Scottish Futures Trust;...
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