Chart of the Week: Financial closed infrastructure deals

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There are 109 infrastructure deals that hit a financial close in the first quarter of 2015 with a total value of $50.4 billion, representing a smaller number of deals but bigger average deal size compared to the same period in the last four years. European markets regained investors’ confidence and became the most favoured region in Q1 in terms of unlisted infrastructure fundraising and the value and number of infrastructure deals. It is also noteworthy that transport accounted for 37 percent of the total project value in the quarter, surpassing the 31 percent in energy. And three out of the top five financial closed deals are transport projects.