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  • Living in unprecedented times

    Angus Leslie Melville Oil & Gas Europe

    At times like these – and there haven’t been any of those – it’s hard not to peer into the rear-view mirror to draw comparisons with yesteryear. However, that’s not possible in these unprecedented times… a term that’s already ageing badly… as coronavirus sweeps the planet

  • Fundraising in the time of Covid-19

    Viola Caon Oil & Gas Europe

    The novel Coronavirus is posing some challenges to the managers in raising mode. But the market is strong and resilient enough to face them

  • Pipeline cyberattack highlights risk to energy infra

    Richard Metcalf Oil & Gas North America

    A hacking attack recently shut down an entire US gas pipeline asset for two days, underscoring concerns raised by experts and advocacy groups about the growing threat of cyberattacks in energy and other infrastructure sectors

  • 2020: Year of the debt fund?

    Viola Caon Oil & Gas North America

    While the gap between equity and debt fundraising was still wide in 2019, Q4 figures highlight a potentially new trend

  • Banks eye "boring" construction loans for Mexican CCGTs

    Carmen Arroyo Oil & Gas Latin America

    A flurry of tenders for gas-fired projects in Mexico may be good news for construction contractors, but the prevailing state-ownership model means project finance bankers will be left to scrap over "boring" construction loans rather than meaty project finance mandates

  • EXCLUSIVE Asia's first infra loan securitisation platform

    David Doré Oil & Gas Asia Pacific

    Clifford Capital and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank announced last month the establishment of Bayfront Infrastructure Management – a platform to mobilise institutional capital for infrastructure debt in Asia. IJGlobal spoke with both equity holders to learn more

  • IJInvestor Awards 2019 Rising Star – Mounir Corm

    Viola Caon Oil & Gas Europe

    Talking to Mounir Corm, one immediately realises that you are dealing with someone whose interests and skills reach far beyond the financial universe

  • Institutional investors bid high on LatAm infra

    Sophia Radeva & Nikola Yankulov Oil & Gas Latin America

    In search of greater returns, institutional investors from all around the globe seem to be increasingly prepared to take on greater risk. One example of this is a rising appetite for direct investment in Latin American infrastructure, with 2019 figures being three times higher than the full previous year

  • No, actually… it’s all about us!

    Angus Leslie Melville Oil & Gas Asia Pacific

    When we go out to meetings and dare to drop into the conversation the subject of awards nights, it can go either of two ways. Either they lean in, ears pricking up… or they peer at you through fingers, shaking heads vigorously

  • Fund analysis: AMP Capital Infrastructure Debt Fund IV

    Viola Caon Oil & Gas Asia Pacific

    As the interest for mezzanine strategies spreads among equity managers, AMP Capital has reinforced its reputation in this space by raising a total $6.2 billion on its latest vintage

  • DFIs push ahead in Argentina

    Lyudmila Zlateva Oil & Gas Latin America

    While the wider economy faces significant uncertainty, DFIs have continued to support energy and infrastructure projects in Argentina

  • Another year older, another year…

    Angus Leslie Melville Oil & Gas Asia Pacific

    There are certain things by which you can chart your life and it’s a little bit sad when it dawns on you that IJGlobal’s quarterly league tables have become a landmark for tracking the flow of years

  • Change of focus for North American fund managers

    Aleksandar Arsov Oil & Gas North America

    With large equity fund managers making their foray into the debt space, IJInvestor data shows the strategy is slowly gaining ground in the region

  • China Infrastructure 2019 – an IJGlobal first

    David Doré Oil & Gas Asia Pacific

    IJGlobal was in Beijing at the end of August for client meetings and China Infrastructure 2019 – our first seminar in China with partners Roca Infrastructure Data and Analytics and the International Business Advisory Council

  • What we did in your summer holiday

    Angus Leslie Melville Oil & Gas Asia Pacific

    It’s been a busy summer at IJGlobal with a good number of changes to report for those who have been sunning themselves like overfed seals on the golden beaches of wherever your bonus can afford to send you

  • Currenta acquisition, Germany

    Sophie Mellor Oil & Gas Europe

    After a drawn out negotiation period, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA belatedly closed on the acquisition of the largest German chemical park operator, Currenta

  • Australia’s Spencer Gulf: a renewables-industry-export vision

    Alexandra Dockreay Oil & Gas Asia Pacific

    The Spencer Gulf region in South Australia has a burgeoning pipeline of green energy projects that aim to solve grid stability concerns and power the region’s major resources

  • Uzbekistan’s privatisation programme

    David Doré Oil & Gas Asia Pacific

    Following an April decree by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and subsequent cabinet resolution, the Uzbekistan Government has embarked on a sweeping privatisation programme. Ahead of the upcoming Tashkent International Investment Forum in October, market sources told IJGlobal what foreign financiers and investors can expect

  • SNC-Lavalin – what the hell are you up to…?

    Angus Leslie Melville Oil & Gas North America

    What gives at SNC-Lavalin these days? The scandal-prone, Canada-based construction giant is rarely out of the news – usually for all the wrong reasons – leaving the market wondering just how far a company can fall from grace… because this one’s breaking world records

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