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BBVA – extending sustainable finance beyond just dark green
Power EuropeBBVA, a pioneer of sustainable finance, has bolstered its track record with the launch of sustainability advisory services this year. The banking sector will be a crucial enabler for facilitating sustainability-linked goals, BBVA’s heads of ESG and structured & project finance advisory tell IJGlobal.
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IJInvestor Awards 2020 – The Moody’s Interview
Power Sub-Saharan AfricaMoody’s Investors Service won the IJInvestor Award for Best Ratings Agency. Here key players talk to IJGlobal Americas editor Ila Patel about key deals and ESG
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Energy Efficiency – have your cake and eat it
Power EuropeIJGlobal funds reporter Arran Brown delves into the opportunity and challenges ahead for energy efficiency as it builds momentum as an asset class
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The global ESG scrabble
Power Asia PacificThe challenge of ESG and how the market is delivering change - IJGlobal Asia Pacific senior reporter Dave Doré delves into approaches being taken and how the process yields value...
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IJInvestor Awards 2020 – Rising Star Jemima Atkins, AllianzGI
Power EuropeAllianzGI assistant vice-president Jemima Atkins is a Rising Star according to the IJInvestor Awards judging committee. IJGlobal reporter Sophie Mellor finds out just how fast she ascends…
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The ESG policy tsunami making landfall in 2021
Power EuropeIf sustainable investing reached a high-water mark in 2020, then the level of investor enthusiasm shows no sign of receding in 2021. But a new force is looming on the horizon: EU regulators and the incoming sustainable finance package, writes IJGlobal Funds Editor Ott Tammik
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IJInvestor Awards 2020 – The Winners
Power North AmericaIt is with great pleasure that we reveal the winners of the IJInvestor Awards 2020, celebrating global achievements in infrastructure and energy M&A and fund activity
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The IJGlobal ESG Report
Power EuropeIJGlobal has today published an in-depth report on the tectonic shifts in the ESG space this year, particularly within the global infrastructure and energy markets
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Java 9 & 10 coal-fired, Indonesia
Power Asia PacificControversy has long swirled around Java 9 & 10 – Indonesia’s coal-fired power plant complex in Banten. The $3.4 billion project in November 2020 achieved financial close, while facing vociferous international and local opposition. The project also paves the way for a fresh equity structure in major power projects in Indonesia
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Sorgenia Acquisition, Italy
Power EuropeTo get an M&A process completed in 2020 is a daunting task. To sell off 3GW of CCGT capacity in Western Europe during a green energy revolution is even more intimidating
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Investors eye Colombia amid LatAm uncertainty
Power Latin AmericaAs several of the Latin American countries that used to be favorites for foreign investors have become less hospitable and stable in recent months, market participants are taking a fresh look at Colombia and the opportunities it offers in power and renewables
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Q&A: Brazil's energy minister, Bento Albuquerque
Power Latin AmericaIn an exclusive interview with Bento Albuquerque, Brazil’s minister of mines and energy, IJGlobal Americas senior reporter Juliana Ennes is brought up-to date on big plans to use the energy sector as a propellant for economic recovery
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Equity firms branch out into infra debt
Power EuropeA string of equity fund managers have recently dipped their toes into the infrastructure debt market
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IJInvestor Awards 2020 – Refinancing Shortlist
Power Asia PacificIJInvestor – the IJGlobal sister title focused on infrastructure fund activity and global infra/energy M&A – is delighted to announce the shortlist for the Refinancing categories in our annual awards
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IJInvestor Awards 2020 – Acquisitions Shortlist
Power EuropeIJInvestor – the IJGlobal sister title focused on infrastructure fund activity and global infra/energy M&A – is delighted to announce the shortlist for the Acquisitions category in our annual awards
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IJInvestor Awards 2020 – Company Shortlist
Power EuropeIJInvestor – the IJGlobal sister title focused on infrastructure fund activity and global M&A – is delighted to announce the shortlist for the Company category in our annual awards
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Electricaribe reprivatisation, Colombia
Power Latin AmericaAfter a government intervention, one unsuccessful auction, non-payment issues and sporadic service problems, Colombian utility Electricaribe was successfully reprivatized as two separate companies on 1 October, raising the prospect of similar processes in the near future
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Trousers / lunch / awards
Power EuropeGroundhog Day was broken this week with a trip into town for lunch with four PF lenders – donning long trousers and shoes for the first time since early March – in the same week that we finalised judging for IJInvestor Awards 2020
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American colleges tap into energy P3
Power North AmericaIt takes two to tango and more often than not – when it comes to public private partnerships in the US – the public side has two left feet, according to IJGlobal reporter Elliot Hayes…