Chicago-based Loop Capital Market has appointed Ira Smelkinson as managing director of its transportation team, which focuses on the industry as well as public-private partnerships. Smelkinson previously spent 23 years at Morgan Stanley where he specialised in airport and seaport financing and led...
Speaking at TXF Global, Jebsen & Jessen CEO Ralf Schwarzhaupt highlighted a booming project pipeline despite Middle East headwinds, calling for fewer regulations, faster...
Long tenors remain the scarce commodity in Sub-Saharan social infrastructure. But Mitrelli has reached financial close on a 19-year Atradius-backed loan for the Katyavala...
Tanzania’s latest standard gauge railway financing shows that African transport corridors can access global liquidity. But only when sovereign risk, export credit, MDB guarantees, Chinese cover and E&S machinery are assembled into a highly bespoke structure.
Speaking at TXF Global, Jebsen & Jessen CEO Ralf Schwarzhaupt highlighted a booming project pipeline despite Middle East headwinds, calling for fewer regulations, faster decision-making, and a level playing field.
Long tenors remain the scarce commodity in Sub-Saharan social infrastructure. But Mitrelli has reached financial close on a 19-year Atradius-backed loan for the Katyavala Bwila University (KBU) expansion in Angola — a structure that shows how ECA cover can push out the tenor envelope for education infra on the continent.
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