Proximo Weekly: Fibre under the optic
Debt and equity appetite for the European FTTH market continues to grow. But is the debt market providing enough flexibility on covenants? And with France, Germany and...
Debt and equity appetite for the European FTTH market continues to grow. But is the debt market providing enough flexibility on covenants? And with France, Germany and...
Despite all Trump's propaganda, the new US administration looks set to take a collaborative approach with the oil and gas sector towards energy transition. Can Biden...
The French government is unilaterally pushing through retroactive cuts to solar FiTs agreed before 2011. Law firms look set for an unexpected Christmas gift.
In the second part of a two-part roundtable sponsored by AXA XL, we explore the changing perceptions of risk in the infrastructure market – from both CRI provider and...
As India takes its first steps to rail privatisation, the UKs rail private sector experiment is backtracking to nationalisation. Can either get the public-private sector...
The new normal has accelerated many pre-Covid investment trends, slowed others and left many asset managers with an imbalance of risk in portfolios that were built on old...
He pulled the US out of the Paris Agreement, has been vocal in his climate change denial, removed many federal supports for renewables and even linked wind turbines with...
Of the more established project finance sectors discussed at Proximo Europe 2020: Infrastructure & Renewables Finance last week, a new geographic market – Polish offshore...
State and local governments no longer view PPPs - or P3s - as simple privatisations. And they are not looking to the federal government for leadership.
The green hydrogen market is gathering traction rapidly, with a growing number of major energy companies announcing plans for industrial-scale projects. The commercial...
Saudi's PIF-led giga-project pipeline is still being fast-tracked and proving a boon for ACWA Power. But will the speed of return on these projects for PIF and other...
The Almaty Ring Road PPP financing is a major achievement for Kazakhstan. But are estimations of its future market impact beyond meeting the project’s objectives too...
Two recent deals in the Bangladeshi power market demonstrate maturing commercial bank risk appetite and a broadening of the sponsor and lender base. Both signals bode...
The new NEPA is designed speed up US infrastructure project permitting. But it also appears to be a significant weakening of environmental regulation, leaving NEPA with a...
In terms of deal flow and volume France’s FTTH market just keeps on giving. So what is the secret to French success?
The recent debt raising for the 60% merchant Seagreen offshore wind project gives a taste of what debt and equity mix fully merchant offshore wind financing will require...
Nigeria LNG's Train 7 hybrid debt raising is the first multi-sourced corporate financing for a project in the LNG sector. So how much of a progression is it beyond NLNG's...
In the second instalment of a two-part roundtable sponsored by Texel, we explore what new strategies banks would like from CRI providers, what those providers are...
The pandemic has given new meaning to financial resilience and project finance is showing its mettle like never before. Shouldn’t Basel be reconsidering its project...
Appetite for credit risk insurance (CRI) for project financings looks set to rise in the wake of fallout from Covid-19. In the first session of a two-part roundtable...
There are still questions to be answered about Venture Global’s recent corporate high-yield bond issue, which appears to rely heavily on revenues from commissioning cargoes priced at the current lucrative spot market rate. Given average LNG commissioning periods of three months, what happens when its much cheaper long-term offtake contracts kick in?