Major credit ratings have committed to incorporating ESG issues into credit analysis. But infrastructure credits present unique challenges. Proximo talks to S&P Global...
The project market in Greece was essentially frozen following the onset of the country’s infamous government debt crisis in 2009. But with modest economic growth...
The 589MW Changfang Xidao offshore wind project financing features the highest level of locally sourced debt for any such project in Asia Pacific to date. But signing up...
Institutional financings for holding company issuers are the new normal in German offshore wind, following CPPIB’s Talanx-led financing for its Hohe See and Albatros...
Demand from local lenders, institutions and DFIS for up-to-date project finance knowledge is still strong. But access to real-world case studies from successful - and...
Low commodities prices and political upheaval mask some promising opportunities in infrastructure and energy finance in Latin America. And sponsors still have access to a...
The Regulated Infrastructure Investment (RII) model is being proposed as a viable replacement for the defunct PFI model in the UK. But go beneath the surface and there...
Despite progress on Polish offshore wind legislation, there are still questions around local content requirements, local liquidity and local currency-denominated PPAs...
Despite an occasionally patchy record, satellite operators benefit from strong support from ECAs, high-yield investors and some banks, and data is driving ever-greater...
The heavily ECA-backed financing for Gazprom's Amur gas processing project has set new tenor and volume benchmarks for both the sponsor and Russian oil and gas – even...
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...
Ireland-based Kenmare Resources returned to the debt markets in December to refinance the remaining debt backing its Moma titanium mine in Mozambique. The deal has a new...
The reserves-based loan is moving outside its heartlands in the North Sea and US, and outside its commercial bank niche. But while oil price falls led to minimal distress...
The aspirations of the EU Green Deal and the bloc's adoption of CRD IV are contradictions that leave lenders and borrowers confused - and more significantly a potential...
Anglo American last week went public with its intention to lodge a takeover bid for Sirius Minerals’ struggling Woodsmith polyhalite mining project in the UK. For Sirius,...
The M&A market for North Sea oil assets has been running in hyperdrive. Norway still has room for upside, but with many rushing for the exit in the UK, is it set to...
Market participants warn that the Mexican government’s recent changes to CEL regulation in the electricity sector may backfire – and could lead to significantly higher...
In a year of immense change for energy, infrastructure and project finance, Proximo Transmission's regulars pick the trends that mattered in 2019 - and the trends that...
Indonesia’s state-owned power utility PLN has yet to close a single power project financing in 2019 amid a year of economic slowdown and elections. However, Teguh...
Could emerging markets benefit from the presence of a bond market with an expansive definition of infrastructure and a willingness to look at a wide universe of issuers?...
Meridiam and Vinci have set the benchmark for future Czech roads PPP financings – and it’s a high one.
Whether driven by the scientific evidence for climate change, the growing ESG-aware shareholder movement or basic economics, the world's biggest energy providers are putting energy transition higher on the financing agenda than it has ever been before.
Watch on-demand: We'll take a look at what happened to volumes and transactions in 2020, the impact of COVID-19, ranking the most active banks, sponsors and advisers, and showing you how to use the Playbook to produce data sets and rankings.
Given the difficulty of structuring major infrastructure investments in certain markets - lack of international standards of transparency and regulation - can and will state-backed ECAs take a lead in giving the G (governance) more volume in the ESG mix?
A holistic event examining a wide range of asset classes constituting America's infrastructure base. We examine public and private sector roles, capital sources and more
From first principles to the very fundamentals of project finance, this two day course is the one stop shop to get ahead in this diverse global industry.