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29 February 2024
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Waste and water

Aguas Pacifico: First of a pipeline?

With its mixed bag of offtake contracts that include a merchant element, the Aguas Pacifico project financing has pushed the envelope on structuring lender comforts for...

26 February 2024

New Brazilian infra law calms fears of BNDES expansion

Brazil's new infrastructure law has been broadly welcomed by the project finance market. In addition to providing stimulus for a wider infrastructure investor base, the...

13 February 2024
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Manufacturing & equipment, Power, Transport

Key funding considerations in gigafactory projects

As the global shift towards sustainable energy accelerates, battery gigafactories are becoming increasingly crucial for the energy storage and electric vehicle project...

14 April 2023

Proximo Weekly: Will emerging markets always be the markets of the future?

Project finance deal flow has skewed heavily in favour of high-income countries over the last two decades, and the gap between developed and emerging markets has grown...

31 March 2023

Proximo Weekly: Lula’s interest rate fight will decide future role for BNDES

There are confusing signals about what the role of BNDES will be under the new Lula administration. Will the bank continue to stimulate more private sector funding for...

02 March 2023

Proximo Latin America Awards 2022: Flexible and responsible financing

The stand-out deals in the region gave borrowers room to grow, highlighted their social and environmental responsibility, and sold down strongly in difficult markets.

24 November 2022
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Power

Proximo Weekly: What ETMs can and can’t do for coal retirements

The recent ACEN ETM to retire the South Luzon coal-fired plant early attracted some controversy over its use of the ETM moniker. But the deal is more promising than was...

07 October 2022
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Transport

Proximo Weekly: BNDES breaks new ground with Linha 6

The Sao Paulo Linha 6/Laranja scheme is a pathfinder deal that exhibits BNDES’ new mantra on infrastructure investment, turns typical financing under a DFI umbrella on...

06 May 2022
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Transport

Proximo Weekly: Brazil street lighting – LED-ing the way in PPP

Brazil’s municipalities have made huge progress in procuring street lighting upgrades using PPP concessions. But project sponsors are only likely to need offshore capital...

22 April 2022
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Power

Logan and Chambers: Starwood’s coal retirement template

Starwood’s financing for the retirement of its Logan and Chambers plants marks an end to coal-fired power in New Jersey. It points to a workable compromise between...

30 March 2022
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Transport

Brazil's privatisation programme: Delivering some of the heavy goods

Brazil's privatisation programme has not delivered some of the headline successes promised – notably the sale of Eletrobras. But improvements have been made to the...

24 March 2022
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Renewables

South Africa's green gauge still upbeat

With banks lining up to finance Bid Window 5 projects, part of South Africa’s REIPPP programme, renewables has become the country’s leading project finance sector in an...

10 December 2021

Proximo Weekly: A liquid diet

The $1.2 trillion US Infrastructure Bill still leaves a major chasm to bridge between government funding availability and demand. Two recent deals hint at where some of...

12 November 2021
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Oil & gas, Power, Renewables

Jazan IGCC: A tailored fit

The recent Jazan IGCC financing involved a significant diversification of the normal Saudi project lending pool and some bespoke commercial arrangements for a fairly...

24 September 2021

Risk, reward and the rebound in US infrastructure finance

Conditions are starting to look promising for higher volumes across US project finance. In a roundtable sponsored by BNY Mellon, Proximo explores the new market dynamic...

20 August 2021
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Transport

Proximo Weekly: The private placement sweet spot in Latin PPP

Large institutional debt providers are increasingly driving deal structures in Latin American infrastructure – and as Costanera Sur recently demonstrated, the trend is...

30 June 2021
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Transport

Brazil's infra investment ambitions: Minister de Freitas talks shop

Brazil is doubling its infrastructure concessions target to BRL200 billion next year. In an exclusive interview with Proximo, Brazilian Infrastructure Minister Tarcísio...

06 May 2021

The EU gears up for development finance framework

The EU is currently considering a financial framework for European multilateral and bilateral development banks – under the EFAD umbrella. But, as Paul Mudde, consultant...

01 February 2021

Infra investment resilience: testing pandemic immunity

Recent changes to risk perception, perceived debt and equity appetite for certain infrastructure asset sectors and the growing ESG movement look set to outlast the...

21 May 2020
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Oil & gas

The Proximo Weekly Digest - Oil and Gas or Gas and Oil?

With major emerging markets LNG projects reaching financial close, and a potential gas price lifeline for US oil independents by 2021, is it time for a new balance of...