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22 September 2017
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Power

Nuclear waste with an Opic wrap

An Opic-wrapped Energoatom nuclear waste storage facility project bond is nearing launch. The enhanced bond will be structured around Ukrainian risk, nuclear risk, and...

20 September 2017
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Renewables

Zuma Energia: Post-reform Mexican renewables

Lenders have responded strongly to the new breed of power purchase agreements on offer in Mexican renewables. But the market is only likely to get more merchant. TXF...

19 September 2017
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Agri/Soft Commodities

Cocobod pre-export loan closing

The twenty-fifth annual Cocobod pre-export financing (PXF) will be signed in Paris tomorrow (20 September). This year’s deal totals $1.3 billion and is...

19 September 2017

Orbian triples percentage of non-bank investors

Supply chain finance provider Orbian has tripled over the past seven years the percentage of its business that is funded by non-bank investors to 17%, according to its...

15 September 2017
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Power, Renewables

Inside Tajikistan’s baffling Rogun bond issue

Tajikistan has startled bond investors with its debut Eurodollar issue – a deal designed to finance construction of the 3600MW Rogun hydroelectric power project. But the...

25 August 2017
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Transport

I-69: The availability PPP that couldn’t

The US state of Indiana has terminated the contract and paid off the bond debt for the I-69 PPP. Was picking a shaky contractor bad luck or bad judgement? And what...

28 July 2017
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Power

Back to the future: Refinancing launches for Indonesia’s Paiton

Indonesia’s economy is in rude health. Which means time for a refinancing for Paiton, the coal-fired power plant that always captures the zeitgeist in Indonesian power.

07 July 2017

Toxic gas?: PJM power finance moves into a new phase

After a burst of greenfield and brownfield financings in the US PJM power pool - a boom fuelled by cheap gas - recent capacity auctions point to a slowdown. Some bankers...

04 July 2017

Open Fiber: Banks key to Italian broadband

Open Fiber's fibre-optic broadband build-out could be one of Europe's largest infrastructure financings of 2017, if CEO Tommaso Pompei's stated timescale is not too...

27 June 2017

Etisalat Nigeria: A lesson in towering currency risk

With Etisalat Nigeria ownership on the verge of being handed over to 13 banks, have African mobile and tower operators taken on more FX risk than they can handle?

22 June 2017

Cocobod general syndication launching tomorrow

General syndication for the 25th annual Ghana Cocobod deal is set to launch tomorrow morning in London. The winning bid group of SMBC, Rabobank, Standard Bank, Credit...

20 June 2017

Shandong Qingyuan set for close on second record breaker

Chinese independent oil refiner Shandong Qingyuan is just days from signing its $650 million pre-delivery/payment financing - the largest offshore structured...

20 June 2017

Louis Dreyfus Asia RCF launched

Louis Dreyfus has launched the refinancing of its 2015 $400 million revolving credit facility (RCF). The privately-owned Rotterdam-based trader has two Asian RCFs and...

19 June 2017

Smart tracking: ECA and DFI cooperation growing

ECAs and DFIs have long worked together to compensate for poor liquidity in emerging markets - although given their different mandates and loan mechanisms, multi-sourced...

14 June 2017

Mercuria RCF signing tomorrow

Mercuria is set to close both of its upcoming borrowings by the end of this month. Its revolving credit facility (RCF), mostly unchanged from last year, will be...

25 May 2017

Forever bursting bubbles: Calling a top in infrastructure valuations

The sheer volume of equity chasing infrastructure assets is pushing up valuations. But debt markets have a much more limited role in driving them up. Is the infra market...

16 May 2017

Sweihan PV signing due

Financing for the 1177MW Sweihan solar PV project in Abu Dhabi is due to be officially signed tomorrow. Sponsored by Marubeni (20%), JinkoSolar (20%) and ADWEA (60%),...

10 May 2017

Perfect 10 Virgin Voyages: Cruising without the bruising - a TXF ECA/project finance Deal of the Year

$2.2 billion of ECA-covered non-recourse debt for a start-up cruise line – the Virgin Voyages deal is SACE at its export support best.

09 May 2017

Northland Power: Gemini and beyond

80bp saved on the margin and minimal costs compared to a new money refinancing, the restructuring of the Gemini offshore wind deal vindicates Northland Power’s original...

08 May 2017

US LNG: Golden Pass or slippery baton?

Regulatory progress in US LNG has continued to be strong. But doubts about the economics of exports – and the legal underpinnings of supply contracts remain.