The Proximo Weekly Digest - Fifty shades of green
The depth of green in some recent green bond issues is arguable. And with more transition bonds appearing in the market – bonds that claim to finance the transition of...
The depth of green in some recent green bond issues is arguable. And with more transition bonds appearing in the market – bonds that claim to finance the transition of...
Governments around the world are planning large infrastructure investment programmes as keystones in proposed economic stimulus packages. But can institutional investors...
Closed against the backdrop of Covid-19, Oman's pathfinder Ibri II solar deal reached financial close minus its original ECA. The deal was an achievement given the...
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Donald Trump finally have common ground – a determination to make the world a considerably warmer place.
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...
Infrastructure investment is being touted again as one of the keystones to getting the global economy back on track. But have we truly learnt from the infra finance...
Interest in project private credit risk insurance is on the up in the wake of Covid-19 – and insurers seem keen to respond.
How long can bank liquidity last for the oil and gas sector? Arguably, for many small to medium operators, only as long as current overdraft facilities and reserves-based...
Cost or cost benefit? Green or greenwash? What does the increasing focus on ESG compliance bring to the infrastructure market and is an impractical take on ESG in danger...
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...
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...
Cost overruns at the Oyu Tolgoi mining project in Mongolia mean sponsors Rio Tinto and Turquoise Hill Resources will be seeking more funding for the scheme. But could the...
Nick Hann is keeping shtum about his reasons for leaving Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB). But the departure of such a well-respected infrastructure finance veteran is...
There were many choice EMEA project financings in 2018. But certain deals achieved levels of debt pricing, risk mitigation and inter-creditor complexity that set new...
With levelised cost of energy beginning to favour renewables-linked storage over traditional peakers in the US, utility-scale storage is dawning. Regulatory change,...
A statement on March 28 by Japan’s Environment Minister signals a potential change in the government’s pro coal-fired power policy. But domestic energy security issues...
As the trans-Atlantic political debate over Nord Stream 2 gets nasty, those involved could not do better than take a lesson in commercial viability from the...
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...
CityFibre, the first major wholesale fibre financing in the UK with project and corporate-style elements, bodes well for UK fibre investors and lenders. But cost of debt...
As more governments look to mimic Chinese-style development finance offerings, the recently signed Nachtigal hydro project financing is a perfect example of why they...
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?