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...
In a roundtable sponsored by international law firm Paul Hastings, nine major debt and equity investors debate key issues affecting the now and future of the infrastructure...
Societe Generale and Kommunalkredit have devised an innovative hybrid structure in the Allego EV charging infrastructure deal, mixing both corporate and project finance features in...
The ambitious de-carbonising targets agreed by the Chilean government with generation companies will put an end to coal-fired power in the country in 20 years. But while Chile's...
Australia’s energy-from-waste (EfW) sector is still in its project finance adolescence. But a lack of developers and a standard public sector waste supply agreement are proving...
Against all the odds, over the past six years Colombian infrastructure development bank FDN has catalysed a mix of infrastructure funding sources that had never existed in Colombia...
With the heads of eight major project finance banks in attendance at Proximo's European Infrastructure and Renewables Finance Exchange in Lisbon in May, we took the opportunity for...
The $1.5 billion Al Dur 2 independent water and power project (IWPP) financing achieved a record length tenor on an uncovered local bank tranche, an indirect benefit of ECA...
Reed Smith has appointed Clement Fouchard as partner in its Energy and Natural Resources Group in Paris. He joins from Linklaters where he spent nearly six years as a...
Banque des Territoires and Groupama have bought 22% and 18% respectively of Predica Energies Durables (PED) for undisclosed amounts. Close on the deal is expected by...
The $8 billion bridge loan raised last year by Petronas and Saudi Aramco for their joint Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project in Malaysia may...
Technical consultancy Atkins has appointed Johan Hesselsoe a managing director, Middle East and Africa, to lead its integrated project and program management services...
Michael Sen will be proposed to the board as CEO of Siemens' spinoff power company, due to be listed in 2020. The new entity is anticipated to be valued at $30...
Floating offshore wind enjoys lots of interest from oil majors and utilities, but has yet to land a commercial bank financing. Proximo talks to RCG's Marc Costa-Ros, Floating...
The political outlook for infrastructure development in the US might be cloudy, but the PPP financing market is strong. Proximo asks Milbank's Allan Marks and Berkeley Research...
What shifts in risk transfer are needed to help push the Canadian PPP market forward, and which ones are likely. Proximo hosts Fitch Ratings' Mario Angastiniotis and Priya...
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