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16 July 2021

Proximo Weekly: What price infra?

There is a lot of fund money chasing operational infrastructure assets. But with many assets still hurting from pandemic fallout, is it the right time to sell?

02 July 2021

Proximo Weekly: EU ESG regulation – staying off the hook

European ESG-linked finance regulation is going to bite deeper and sharper in the very near future – and it will not just be looking at lenders and borrowers.

11 June 2021

Proximo Weekly: The best of Asia-Pacific 2020

Even at the height of the pandemic Asia produced some market firsts last year.

04 June 2021

Proximo Weekly: Spotlight on this year’s EMEA award winners

Despite a uniquely challenging 2020, dominated by the rejigging or full refinancing of existing project deals, innovation did not stop.

24 May 2021

Multi-asking

Latin America comprises multiple and often very different domestic project finance markets where local knowledge is a prerequisite for best practice project delivery....

21 May 2021
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Oil & gas, Power, Renewables

Proximo Weekly: What does transition really mean?

Energy transition was one of many themes debated at Proximo Europe 2021 this week. The investment decisions are huge, politics muddied and the outcome by no means...

07 May 2021
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Transport

Proximo Weekly: D4 and after

Meridiam and Vinci have set the benchmark for future Czech roads PPP financings – and it’s a high one.

30 April 2021

Proximo Weekly: Rethinking the partnership in PPP

Post-Covid infrastructure stimulus plans are stacked high on civil service desks around the globe. But do both public and private sector need to change the way they look...

23 April 2021
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Social infrastructure, Waste and water

Proximo Weekly: Laying the foundations for GCC PPP

For the first time, PPP in the GCC looks set to take off in a meaningful way. But international project banks are surprisingly absent from the list of lenders to the...

09 April 2021
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Power, Renewables

Proximo Weekly: Uzbekistan powers up

Uzbekistan looks set to deliver some significant CCGT and renewables financings over the next 12 months, and a strong project pipeline for beyond the end of the year....

01 April 2021
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Renewables

Proximo Weekly: Where's the impact?

The pace of development of emerging markets mini-grid projects is picking up, and for good reason - the project fundamentals make sense. But the largely DFI-backed sector...

26 March 2021
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Power, Renewables

Proximo Weekly: Don’t leave hydrogen to market forces

The list of planned hydrogen projects in the global pipeline is ballooning daily. But where’s the level of support from governments – regulatory and financial – that will...

12 March 2021
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Power, Renewables

Proximo Weekly: Are project CLOs finally going to take off?

Starwood’s project finance CLO debut has upped speculation again that the market could become more than a transaction every couple of years. In the US that might prove...

05 March 2021

Proximo Weekly: Size matters

The UK budget had a few more details on the new UK Infrastructure Bank. Given its size, can it provide the level of support and stimulus needed to pull in the amount of...

19 February 2021
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Renewables, Social infrastructure

Proximo Weekly: Turkish project deal flow - a steady drip feed

Lira depreciation, high inflation, sovereign ratings downgrades and pandemic economic fallout make for a very difficult market – but deals in some Turkish project sectors...

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...

22 January 2021
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Renewables

Proximo Weekly: A change of pace for US offshore wind?

With the recent change of US administration, the offshore wind pipeline is expected to start delivering major projects more quickly. But would-be developers are not...

17 December 2020

Proximo Weekly: Merry Christmas to all our readers

2020 may have been a year like no other for hurdles to getting deals done. But it has all been a demonstration of all that is best about the project finance market. Take...

04 December 2020
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Power, Renewables, Social infrastructure, Telecoms and Communications, Transport, Waste and water

Proximo Weekly: Strong NIS signage – not enough detail

The UK's National Infrastructure Strategy (NIS) is a welcome set of ambitions and funding promises from the government. But it's more a schematic than detailed road map –...

27 November 2020
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Telecoms and Communications

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...