May 2013 Issue

The financing of infrastructure projects is undergoing significant change. Will Marder, Gerd Meyer and Thalia Delahayes of Deutsche Bank examine the implications.    

Social housing-related bond financings are on the rise in the UK.

As the project finance market has changed, so corporate trustees must adapt or die. Andy Thomson finds the prevalence of DFIs and the demands of credit rating agencies among the topics occupying their minds.

Infrastructure debt is rapidly evolving, and leading the charge for insurer Allianz is Deborah Zurkow. Oliver Smiddy sits down with her to discuss her team's ambitious plans

The pan-regional development finance institution is providing two loans worth a total $232.5m.

Interest in the asset class is surging, but is it providing what investors expect? Toby Buscombe of Mercer Investment Consulting seeks answers

The fund is backed by BTS Group’s concession to operate a portion of Bangkok’s mass transit rail network and is Thailand’s largest-ever listing.

With the focus on apparent high valuations in parts of the primary market, Pantheon is one firm seeing opportunity in secondaries. Andy Thomson met Andrea Echberg to find out more

President Obama was upbeat about infrastructure in a recent speech in Miami, but a response from one of our readers was less than enthusiastic about his plans.

The Henderson PFI Secondary Fund II is in the early stages of devising an exit strategy for developer John Laing – its controversial sole asset.

The first-quarter global project finance figures from Infrastructure Investor Research & Analytics make happy reading for SMBC in particular.

Spain is reportedly gearing up to buy its failed toll road concessions.    

A new Qatar-based think tank is seeking to address the issue of bad budgeting.

Our readers overwhelmingly endorsed the new online trading platform.

ING is proposing an ‘open-source’ format to help kick-start bank-to-institutional investor debt solutions, the bank’s Alistair Higgins tells Bruno Alves

AXA PE’s Mathias Burghardt hit the upper range of his fund target, raising money in the midst of a spin-out, while attracting mostly new LPs for Fund III. He tells Bruno Alves how he did it

Maryland has its P3 law in place, and a good debut project lined up.

With €11.7bn of PPPs closed last year, Europe turns in its worst performance since 2003.

The UK’s infrastructure planning regime is showing some signs of improvement, but is still tough to navigate.

The PPP may have had its day – get ready to welcome the PPPP.

Ryan Gosling broke hearts recently by announcing he was taking a break from acting. But we’ve found out what he’s doing next.

Italian police have swooped on Vito Nicastri – a renewable entrepreneur with alleged Mafia links – confiscating assets worth $1.7bn.