Pipeline politics
As the trans-Atlantic political debate over Nord Stream 2 gets nasty, those involved could not do better than take a lesson in commercial viability from the...
As the trans-Atlantic political debate over Nord Stream 2 gets nasty, those involved could not do better than take a lesson in commercial viability from the...
With the European fibre market entering the project financing mainstream, how big can the wider digital infrastructure market get, and what risk mitigants are still...
CityFibre, the first major wholesale fibre financing in the UK with project and corporate-style elements, bodes well for UK fibre investors and lenders. But cost of debt...
Despite the intense political debate surrounding the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the project is moving ahead at great pace. Jonathan Bell examines what all the fuss is...
As more governments look to mimic Chinese-style development finance offerings, the recently signed Nachtigal hydro project financing is a perfect example of why they...
The first structure of its kind within the commodity finance space, Helios Investment Partners’ innovative blend of leveraged finance and trade finance techniques raised...
TXF has released its Global export finance results for 2017 and of the many unexpected results the major one is an almost complete change in the top five commercial...
Eight years in the making and with a revamp of the concession structure, the Pedemontana Veneta road project still has its critics. But there is no argument that getting...
Given total dollar volume in the term loan B market was around $11.6 billion in 2016, of all the pipelines looking for B loan debt, the Rover gas pipeline project - which...
One of the many hot topics under the spotlight at the ITFA annual conference, this year held in Edinburgh, was the subject of digitisation and standardisation of...
Including the key deals, data and market trends from the past six months – and most significantly this year's expanded Best in Class Awards – the TXF Chronicle 2017...
Interconnector Italia – a consortium of high-energy-use private sector companies in Italy – has signed a partially EIB-backed financing for its share of the Italy-France...
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...
Meridiam has cut a dash with its debut in the waste concession market via a mixed bond and loan package designed for optimal tenor at optimal pricing.
Japan has 600GW of theoretical offshore wind according to the Japan Wind Power Association. But with only a handful of nearshore projects under development, what is...
Long eclipsed by the wind market, unprecedented deal volume in the Australian solar sector and improving bankability is focusing lenders' attention on a market that could...
ACWA Power’s complex non-recourse bond debut was never going to be an easy sell to mainstream investors. But after 200-plus face-to-face account meetings and constant...
A long tenor deal in a market where miniperms are the norm, the structure of the A$398 million VICT financing enabled ICTSI to demonstrate that 16-year debt is possible...
The first African upstream oil and gas development loan to feature a European export credit agency supporting a project finance/reserves-based lending hybrid, Vitol’s OCTP...
$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.
The greatest impact of the second Trump administration is likely to be through its application of tariffs on global trade flows. But its impacts on project pipelines and through its official agencies should not be overlooked.