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09 October 2018
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Oil & gas

IEA urges OPEC to open the taps as oil market enters ‘red zone’

The International Energy Agency made a direct appeal to OPEC and other major oil producers to boost output, warning that prices are inflicting damage on the global...

05 October 2018

KUKE: Tomasz Ślagórski appointed VP of the board

Tomasz Ślagórski has been appointed Vice-President of the Board of Polish export credit agency KUKE. He joined KUKE in 2001 and, prior to being appointed as...

01 October 2018

IFC, Demica partner to unlock $9.8bn in emerging markets

The International Finance Corporation and working-capital financial technology group Demica have announced a new partnership which they say will help unlock as much as...

12 September 2018
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Power, Renewables

Bujagali Energy: An unlikely DFI debt rollover template

In July, Sithe and IPS refinanced the Bujagali hydro project to deliver a cheaper power tariff to the Ugandan government. The process – a rare refinancing for DFIs – also...

21 August 2018

Using information advantages to finance B2B transactions

We've all heard the stories around how supply chains are digitizing. A real transformation is underway, no doubt. But transformations don't happen...

17 August 2018

Rubicon makes two new senior hires

Rubicon Infrastructure Advisors has hired Jatin Gupta as a managing director and Tom Weirich as a director in its New York office. Gupta joins from the Renewable Energy...

06 August 2018
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Infrastructure, Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Transport

Bayfront Infrastructure: Project CLOs old school style

Singapore’s Clifford Capital has closed its first securitisation, and is preparing a second, in a bid to establish an infrastructure CLO franchise. Backed by loans from...

31 July 2018

Reverse factoring: Too little regulation and open to too much abuse

Reverse factoring has been implicated in the demise of two of Europe’s largest corporations – Abengoa and Carillion. Can the holes in reverse factoring accounting...

27 July 2018
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Metals and Mining

Fruta del Norte: Lundin Gold’s multi-sourced debt debut

Ecuador’s rehabilitation in financing markets begins with a complex deal for Lundin Gold’s Fruta del Norte mine. The financing combines a stream, a prepay, commercial PRI...

26 July 2018
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Power, Renewables

Greenhill hires new head of Power & Utilities Corporate Advisory

Independent investment bank Greenhill & Co has appointed Tom Widener as a managing director and head of Power & Utilities Corporate Advisory based in New...

17 July 2018

Downing appoints new energy & infrastructure partner

Investment manager Downing LLP has appointed Tom Williams as a partner for its Energy & Infrastructure investment team. He has worked in both private debt and private...

17 July 2018
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Telecoms and Communications

KentuckyWired: Testing the line for appropriations risk

A near-death experience for Kentucky's debut US broadband PPP due to rising costs highlights the pitfalls to sponsors of states’ budgeting processes. But PPPs for US...

25 June 2018

SATIPP set for launch tomorrow

Following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in April, Afreximbank and ECIC are set to launch the South Africa-Africa Trade and Investment Promotion...

19 June 2018
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Transport

LAX People Mover: Bringing private investment into US airports

The private activity bond for a new light rail facility at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) finds a role for a bond insurer, and a role for PPP in developing...

12 June 2018
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Renewables

Paradise gained: MPC Capital’s second-mover advantage

Having just reached financial close on a DFI-backed deal for the Paradise Park solar project in Jamaica, German asset manager MPC is carving itself a reputation as an...

31 May 2018
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Oil & gas

Freeport train 3: Refinancing to avoid Toshiba's nuclear fallout

The holding company refinancing for Freeport LNG train 3 shows that banks have not soured on US LNG. But troubled offtakers may force sponsors down less palatable...

29 May 2018
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Infrastructure, Power, Waste and water

Hyflux: Turning its back on power – but is it too late?

An expensive and unsuccessful gamble on Singapore’s deregulated power market has forced water project developer Hyflux into a painful restructuring. It may also have put...

25 May 2018
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Oil & gas

RDIF, Mubadala and Gazprom to develop Tomsk/Omsk oil fields

The sovereign wealth fund Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has announced it will hold a 5% share in the joint venture company LLC Gazpromneft-Vostok with...

23 May 2018
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Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Oil & gas

Carbon Holdings launching Tahrir petchem debt to banks

Carbon Holdings will launch the debt financing to banks for its $10.8 billion Tahrir Petrochemicals Corp (TPC) project in Egypt at a meeting in London tomorrow (24 May...

23 May 2018

Supply chain titans eye blockchain for global commerce

 The supply chain industry, which comprises two-thirds of the global economy, and the customs and border authorities that govern cross-border commerce, are actively...