Projects & Infrastructure
CASE STUDY: Galataport Secures €1.2bn to Finance Landmark Istanbul Development
Salıpazarı Liman İşletmeciliği ve Yatırımları A.Ş, a joint venture between BLG Gayrimenkul Yatırımları ve Ticaret A.Ş. and Doğuş Holding A.Ş, secured a 14-year €1.2bn project finance facility just one month after the Turkish coup attempt and without any guarantees from the Turkish government.
2 Mar 2017
Supporting Peru’s Infrastructure Pipeline: Camilo Carrillo Purín, Ministry of Economy and Finance
The private sector has played a crucial role in the government-led PPP financing scheme that for the past decade has been successfully applied in Peru’s national infrastructure development programme. Bonds & Loans asked Camilo Carrillo Purín, Director of the Private Investment Policy Department in Peru’s Economic Ministry, about how his role in catalysing and engaging the private sector on these…
1 Mar 2017
CASE STUDY: Amandi Energy Goes Non-ECA Route on IPP Deal
The Amandi Energy Project was the only large scale base-load independent power generation project in sub-Saharan Africa to achieve financial close in 2016 and a strategically important project for the development of the country’s energy sector.
1 Mar 2017
CASE STUDY: YDA Pushes Tenors on Local Currency Trade
YDA raised four-year money – pushing average tenors in Turkey’s local currency market – just one week after the coup attempt and two days after S&P downgraded the country’s sovereign credit rating to junk.
27 Feb 2017
Infrastructure Outlook: From Small-Scale to Megaprojects, How Are Deals Getting Financed?
F. Mehmet Cosan, Chief Financial Officer and E. Murat Kosal, Managing Director of Otoyol talk to Bonds & Loans about new opportunities in Turkey’s infrastructure sector, and discuss the company’s structured funding programme for the Gebze-İzmir Motorway Project and the Osmangazi Suspension Bridge.
24 Feb 2017
Hospital PPPs Part of a Much Wider Success Story for Turkey
A number of hospital-focused public-private partnerships attest to the success of Turkey’s healthcare development programme over the last decade, and deals like this could set the stage for a resurgence in new projects for years to come.
23 Feb 2017
CASE STUDY: YDA Structures First Dual Islamic and Conventional PPP in Turkey for Konya Hospital
YDA managed to attract significant participation from international lenders on the first ever dual conventional and Islamic healthcare PPP in Turkey, a €265mn facility to help finance the construction of the Konya Hospital.
15 Feb 2017
Odebrecht Scandal Has Deeper Implications for 4G Funding Environment
The unprecedented corruption scandal engulfing Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht has reverberated throughout the industry, seeping into neighbouring Colombia and Peru and leading to the delay or outright cancellation of some of the region’s flagship infrastructure projects. We speak with Luis Fernando Andrade Moreno, President of the National Infrastructure Agency of Colombia (ANI), about…
15 Feb 2017
BNDES Scales Back, But Tactical Shift Sees More Targeted Infrastructure Support
Confronted with a struggling economy and constrained fiscal headroom, the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) has dramatically scaled back loan disbursements, leaving the private sector to pick up much of the slack. The development bank is also changing tactics in a bid to ensure projects that are vital to the country’s economy can still access important sources of revenue.
10 Feb 2017
Financing Infrastructure Development is Core to Colombia and Peru’s Growth Agenda
Large-scale transport and infrastructure development programmes across Peru and Colombia are bringing crucial projects to the region, creating jobs and introducing innovative, complex financing models to countries that in the past failed to exploit the full potential of international capital markets.
8 Feb 2017