Analysis Archive
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IJGlobal Annual Report 2023
Renewables Asia PacificIJGlobal is today publishing its annual report that will be printed and made available to guests at the London awards night on Thursday 9 March
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EQT’s ferries platform, Nordics
Transport EuropeEQT’s recently launched platform ‘Nordic Ferry Infrastructure’ (NFI) added an asset last month as EQT completed the acquisition of Helsingborg-headquartered ForSea Ferries from Igneo Infrastructure...
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The End is Nigh for infra funds
Renewables EuropeIt’s long been darkly muttered in infra nooks and crannies. Heck, it’s been mentioned in one or two Friday Editorials. In truth, I’m sick of saying The End Is Nigh for infrastructure funds… well, kind...
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Mynydd Isa Campus PPP, Wales
Social & Defence EuropeThe first social infrastructure project in Wales reached financial close late in 2022, establishing a blueprint for a pipeline of deals to follow while also lending confidence to the procurement of...
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Ratch's acquisition of Nexif's SEA, Oz portfolio
Renewables Asia PacificThai infrastructure giant Ratch's acquisition of Asia Pacific-focused renewable energy platform Nexif Energy, which closed in December 2022, is the product of an existing relationship between the...
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Jorge Chávez International Airport RCF, Peru
Transport Latin AmericaExpansion plans for Lima’s Jorge Chávez International Airport – one of the busiest in transport hubs in Latin America – reached financial close in December 2022, concluding a protracted process that...
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Major Bridges P3, Pennsylvania
Transport North AmericaAlmost 7 years after Pennsylvania signed its first P3 agreement, the Commonwealth reached financial close on another significant bridges project – Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s first...
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It’s not “going to be fine” – you fool
Transport EuropeWhen the bell sounds, you better know for sure whether you’re inside the ring or outside of it for the fight of the century – a grudge match of monumental proportions that will first be staged in the...
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Maldives journey to renewables – scope and challenges
Renewables Asia PacificDFIs are growing their support towards an upcoming pipeline of rooftop, floating and ground-mounted solar projects in a bid to increase the attractiveness of the upcoming Maldivian renewables sector...
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Abydos and Amunet Solar & Wind, Egypt
Renewables MENAAMEA Power has achieved a near-simultaneous financial close on 1GW of wind and solar in Egypt’s gusty Ras Ghareb and sunny Kom Ombo
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CityFiber's £4.9bn debt facility, UK
Telecoms EuropeCityFibre, a relative newcomer to the FTTH sector and currently positioned as the country’s largest open access fibre only operator, has had an impressive run over the past decade. But its rapid...
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Infra funds – hoarding and splurging
Renewables EuropeInfrastructure funds struggling to raise cash… which sounds odd given the records broken in 2022 for fundraising. But we live in a new reality and the suspicion is that hoarding is afoot and that the...
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Renewables M&A: Off to the races in 2023
Renewables North AmericaMega deals in North American power M&A gather pace into 2023 fueling greater overall activity as renewables portfolios are packaged together for the next big sale.
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DC Advisory sails through 2022, predicts choppy but navigable waters ahead
Renewables EuropeDC Advisory has won the Global Financial Adviser of the Year in IJGlobal’s Investor Awards 2022, coinciding with its tenth anniversary last March
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IJGlobal ESG Awards 2022: Interview with EDRAM
Renewables EuropeIn the wake of EDRAM winning ESG Infrastructure Asset Manager of The Year (Debt) at the recent IJGlobal ESG Awards, Jean Francis Dusch, global head of infrastructure and structured finance at the...
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IJGlobal ESG Awards 2022: CIBC and Hydrostor
Renewables North AmericaOff the back of CIBC’s recent ESG Adviser of The Year award for the Americas, Robert Todd, managing director in the bank’s energy, infrastructure and transition business, and Curtis VanWalleghem...
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DBS Bank – Is ESG finance headed towards the mainstream?
Renewables Asia PacificHaving won two awards in IJGlobal’s APAC category – ESG Financial Adviser of the Year, and ESG Excellence – DBS is quietly elated
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Global Infrastructure Partners: Seizing the ESG opportunity
Renewables EuropeFormed from a marriage between Credit Suisse and GE in 2006, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has long had a results-focused and data driven approach to EHS and ESG matters, by virtue of the...
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Renewables expansion: Green hydrogen, waste-to-energy, and carbon capture
Renewables North AmericaThe move towards a greener US power industry proved to be more than rhetoric in 2022 as the prioritization of ESG initiatives turned into investments in clean energy and infrastructure.