IJGlobal today publishes its league table findings for the first quarter of 2019, tracking deals closed across infrastructure finance and project finance on a global basis.

While these findings are subject to change as more data becomes available, at this stage IJGlobal has logged financial closes on $150 billion worth of transactions in the infrastructure finance space – which includes all project, corporate and public-sector finance. Of that over-arching figure, global project finance amounts to $47.2 billion.

Broadly speaking, deal flow and value is down on previous quarters, but a general trend is that fewer and larger deals have been pushed through to financial close in the first quarter of this year.

Established players in varied infrastructure and energy sectors have continued to dominate, though there has been an upsurge in local lenders playing significant roles on major transactions in their countries.

The energy sector has seen the greatest amount of activity with renewables continuing its rise in popularity with more traditional power and oil and gas still carving out a significant wedge of the pie. Meanwhile, social infrastructure has been largely eroded to refinance opportunities.

French and Japanese lenders have dominated the MLA league tables while bond arranging was largely completed by North American and Japanese institutions. Advisory is dominated by the usual suspects with a diverse spread of boutique financial advisers playing an increasingly important role as renewable energy grows in importance.

To access the full report and underlying data, click here...