• Turkey following the failed coup

    Jon Whiteaker Europe

    The extreme crackdown on opponents by Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan following an attempted coup by the country’s army last week is a concern for investors as well as Turkey’s political allies

  • Data analysis: North America beats Europe as fundraising focus

    Viola Caon Oil & Gas Asia Pacific

    Fundraising activities have been geared towards global opportunities in the past eighteen months, with North America beating Europe for funds with a regional focus

  • Costera 4G toll road, Colombia

    Rosie Fitzmaurice Transport Latin America

    Goldman Sachs has just arranged a second multi-tranche, dual-currency, hybrid financing backing one of Colombia’s 4G toll road concessions. Together the deals have created a new paradigm for infrastructure finance in underdeveloped LatAm markets

  • Infrastructure offers post-Brexit shelter to investors

    Viola Caon Renewables Europe

    Listed infrastructure fund share prices have seen an uptick in the Brexit aftermath as investors seek a safe haven from uncertainty

  • Japan in high-speed rail sales drive

    Mia Tahara-Stubbs Transport Asia Pacific

    The Japanese government is engaging in an aggressive sales drive to help the private sector win transport contracts against ultra-competitive Chinese rivals

  • Bond bounce in H1

    Jon Whiteaker North America

    The half-yearly value of bond financings backing energy and infrastructure projects has been rising globally since the end of 2014, and grew again in H1 2016, according to IJGlobal’s latest league table report

  • Global M&A volumes hit by political uncertainty

    Alexandra Dockreay

    The volume of merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions had already fallen globally this year before the UK’s vote to exit the EU spread uncertainty through the market. Though concerns attached to Brexit are anticipated to subside in the coming months, the US election at the end of the year is expected to create additional uncertainty

  • Data Analysis: Sharp fall in US oil & gas volumes in H1

    Chase Collum Oil & Gas North America

    Whereas the power sector saw modest growth in terms of total deal value, renewables slowed by nearly 30% and oil & gas fell by a staggering 75%

  • Sohar and Barka IWPs, Oman

    Jordan Bintcliffe Water MENA

    Developers of the Sohar and Barka independent water projects (IWP) in Oman agreed financing with groups of local and international banks, respectively, in recent months. Despite the projects’ similarities their financings show the divergent routes sponsors took

  • Data Analysis: (Infrastructure) Euro 2016

    Jon Whiteaker Europe

    In a nod to the UEFA Euro 2016 football (soccer, to our North American readers) tournament, which reaches its conclusion in Paris later this week, IJGlobal has sought out a European champion for infrastructure

  • Purple Line light rail transit PPP, US

    Sakshi Sharma Transport North America

    The $2 billion Purple Line light rail transit (LRT) PPP project is the second ever transit PPP to reach financial close in the US, following on from the Denver's $1.6 billion Eagle LRT project closed in 2010, and is the first rail PPP for the state of Maryland

  • Belgium disrupts its renewables market

    Olivia Gagan Renewables Europe

    While most of Europe has been contemplating the potential impacts of the UK's withdrawal from the EU, Belgium has been quietly remodeling its energy market

  • Data Analysis: Not easy being nuclear

    Jon Whiteaker Power Europe

    The ongoing viability of the UK’s greenfield nuclear power projects is just one of many uncertainties thrown up by the UK’s decision to vote to exit the European Union

  • Data Analysis: Honduran PV

    Rosie Fitzmaurice Renewables Latin America

    Honduras has developed what is undoubtedly the most established solar market in Central America

  • N17/N18 Gort-Tuam refinancing, Ireland

    Beatrice Mavroleon Transport Europe

    The N17/N18 Gort-Tuam was an impressive deal when it closed in April 2014. It was the second transport PPP to complete in Ireland after the financial crisis, and was much larger than its predecessor N11/N7

  • Data Analysis: UK infrastructure investment headed for a bumpy ride?

    Beatrice Mavroleon Europe

    With Friday (24 June) morning's surprise referendum result regarding Britain’s membership of the European Union, fears of declining interest from private investors as a result of the upcoming implementation of Brexit are raising concerns for the UK’s infrastructure sector

  • RARE: Unlisted returns to listed assets

    Viola Caon Asia Pacific

    Risk Adjusted Returns to Equity (RARE) Infrastructure was established in Australia in 2006 as an investment management company focused exclusively on global listed infrastructure

  • A model for Cuban investment

    Rosie Fitzmaurice

    A historic thaw in US-Cuba relations has prompted growing interest among international investors in Cuba’s liberalising and underdeveloped economy

  • EXCLUSIVE DFIs keen for Egyptian solar despite uncertainty

    Jordan Bintcliffe Renewables MENA

    Uncertainty over Egypt’s 2,000MW solar feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme means a number of projects are unlikely to happen but financiers still appear keen to take part in a planned follow-up to the first round

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