• Data Analysis: What's behind the UK’s green growth?

    Olivia Gagan Renewables Europe

    The UK's energy ministry released data on the nation’s renewables capacity and share of the power generation market in 2015 and 2014 at the end of March 2016

  • Autopista del Sol toll road refinancing, Spain

    Alexandra Dockreay Transport Europe

    Cintra has successfully raised €557.8 million ($631 million) of debt to refinance two of its Spanish toll roads, with institutions from Germany and the US providing funds. What may have initially seemed a straightforward transaction however, eventually proved more complicated

  • The art of arranging

    Jon Whiteaker Asia Pacific

    Commercial banks are often judged by the total value of debt provided to clients over a specific period. During a time of restricted balance sheets and increased regulation however, it may be worth considering other ways to measure performance

  • Kentucky's PPP bill

    Sakshi Sharma North America

    Kentucky's senate recently passed House Bill 309, more commonly referred to as the PPP bill. It should provide a framework for the use of public-private partnerships as a financing tool for developing new infrastructure across the state

  • Data Analysis: Merchant solar struggles in Chile

    Rosie Fitzmaurice Renewables Latin America

    Chile has one of the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) markets in Latin America and some of the largest merchant PV projects in the world. But falling PV prices in the north of the country have hurt projects and some financings are undergoing restructuring

  • PP11 gas-fired refinancing, Saudi Arabia

    Jordan Bintcliffe Power MENA

    Saudi Electric Company (SEC) and Engie took advantage of the existing low price environment to refinance almost $1.14 billion of debt on the gas-fired PP11 power plant in Saudi Arabia

  • Buying time: Abengoa stays in business – just

    Olivia Gagan Renewables Europe

    Ailing Spanish utility giant Abengoa has had until the end of March to reach agreements with its creditors to restructure its debt

  • Data Analysis: European wind and solar M&A on the rise

    Olivia Gagan Renewables Europe

    The total value of wind and solar acquisition deals reaching financial close in Europe has seen a steady increase since the start of 2015, according to IJGlobal data

  • Why are law firms leaving Abu Dhabi?

    Jordan Bintcliffe MENA

    A number of international law firms have recently closed representative offices in Abu Dhabi, only a few years after opening them, after expected opportunities in the emirate failed to materialise

  • Record deal reveals Japan’s negative yield pain

    Mia Tahara-Stubbs Transport Asia Pacific

    The Bank of Japan’s adoption of negative interest rates drove down the debt pricing on the country's biggest-ever project finance deal. But Japan’s commercial banks are concerned what impact the move will have on their funding costs

  • Liwa Plastics, Oman

    Jordan Bintcliffe Oil & Gas MENA

    The Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Corporation (Orpic) completed the financing of its greenfield $6.5 billion Liwa Plastics petrochemical complex in early March 2016

  • UK 2016 Budget: Rail, road and oil win out

    Olivia Gagan Oil & Gas Europe

    The UK’s 2016 budget was announced in Parliament today (16 March 2016) by Chancellor George Osborne, an annual event designed to set out the government’s fiscal plans for the coming years

  • Data Analysis: North American midstream

    Rene Lavanchy Oil & Gas North America

    The last three quarters have witnessed an uptick in M&A activity in the North American midstream corporate sector as asset owners have looked to raise money through divestments

  • Rock and rolling stock

    Alexandra Dockreay Power Europe

    Rock Infrastructure has closed its first rail deal, unlocking a new source for financing UK rolling stock with institutional capital. Rock’s founder Mark Swindell tells IJGlobal the status quo for financing offshore transmission assets (OFTOs) in the UK is due for a shake-up too

  • Chicago Skyway acquisition, US

    Sakshi Sharma Transport North America

    The $2.8 billion acquisition of the Skyway Concession Company, which owns the lease for the Chicago Skyway toll road in Illinois, was the first such deal in the US for a trio of Canadian pension funds

  • Data Analysis: Water projects in MENA

    Jordan Bintcliffe Water MENA

    The value of active pipeline and procurement deals in the water sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has grown by 10% on year

  • Falling FIT acts as a brake on Japan solar

    Mia Tahara-Stubbs Renewables Asia Pacific

    The a decline in feed-in-tariffs (FIT) rates for new renewable energy projects in Japan has put a brake on new solar power developments

  • Egypt's FX issue threatens PPP pipeline

    Jordan Bintcliffe Transport MENA

    An unwillingness to take currency risk on projects is delaying Egyptian projects with a high dollar requirement and could put the country’s public private partnership (PPP) pipeline at risk

  • Cloghboola wind farm acquisition, Ireland

    Olivia Gagan Renewables Europe

    Cloghboola demonstrates the appetite for institutionals to take on smaller-sized debt, using a hybrid structure more commonly seen in the US market



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