Projects & Infrastructure
Sustainability Drive Sparks Green Bond Interest Across South, Central America
Sustainable energy and infrastructure projects across South and Central America are attracting attention from investors, but the outlook is challenged due to a lack of awareness on the ground.
27 Jan 2017
Andean Markets: An Outlook for 2017
Divisive politics and persistently low energy prices will cast a pall over the entire Andean region in 2017, even while each country within the region represents a unique storyline for investors. The lack of political unity in each Andean market is further challenged by a global environment that has turned hostile with rising interest rates, depressed commodity prices and anti-trade rhetoric…
11 Jan 2017
Outlook Bright for Loan Financing in Chile’s Renewables Sector
Chile has been one of the major success stories in Latin America over the past decade. As the economy slowed in the past year amid the commodities slump, the Chilean government is looking to attract local and foreign capital to finance an ambitious programme of sustainable energy projects across the country. The country is well positioned to succeed in this endeavour, analysts believe.
11 Jan 2017
With PPK at the Helm, All Eyes on Peruvian Projects
With a new government in charge, hopes are high for a rebound in the infrastructure pipeline
1 Jan 2017
Doubts Cast Over Rosneft Deal as Banco Intesa Denies Funding Role
The Russian oil giant’s initial announcement of a privatization deal involving Swiss oil giant Glencore and the Qatari Investment Authority was deemed a huge success for CEO Igor Sechin and the Kremlin. But contradictory statements that followed from various participants in the deal and the generally opaque nature of the transaction left behind a lot of loose threads.
22 Dec 2016
ECAs Increasingly Central to Financing the Andean Infrastructure Pipeline
New projects and opportunities continue to attract a broad range of lenders and investors to places like Colombia and Peru, with the next wave of 4G infrastructure projects in the case of the former and revitalization of investment authority ProInversion in the case of the latter catalyzing the region’s project pipeline.
19 Dec 2016
CASE STUDY: Gama Enerji Appeals to International Investors with US$132mn HEPP Privatisation
Gama Enerji secured US$132mn to acquire the Karacaören I and II hydroelectric power plants (HEPP) from the Turkish Privatisation Administration, securing one of the longest tenors for a facility of its kind in Turkey.
15 Dec 2016
Silverado Asset-Backed Securities: Lessons for Investors
Why would Latin America Structured Finance Advisors (LASFA) write an article that airs the dirty laundry for the Brazilian Asset-backed Security market (ABS market or ABS) when it is currently seeking investors for this market? Because many foreign investors are lured by the high interest rates offered in Brazil’s local credit markets and this is a discussion that any investor needs to consider…
14 Dec 2016
Ratings Boost for Elazig Hospital as Project Finance Rises in Turkey
Moody’s Baa2 rating for the €288mn Euro-denominated bond to finance a state-of-the-art hospital campus in Elazig reaffirms the success of Turkey’s healthcare development program funded through PPPs over the last decade, and could set the stage for a project finance surge in the country.
7 Dec 2016
Infrastructure Outlook: From Small-Scale to Megaprojects, How Are Turkey's 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.
22 Nov 2016