In 2009, Americans have received warning after warning that their governments face alternatively a ‘decade of debt’ or a ‘lost decade’ due to massive, painful and protracted budget deficits that are here to stay. Opportunities are abound for infrastructure investors – but so are the pitfalls.
5 min read · 08 February 2013
It’s been a quiet couple of years for infrastructure investors in France, but the country now finds itself the focus of considerable expectation. As part of its stimulus package to deal with the global financial and economic crisis, the government introduced support for infrastructure projects which was designed to ease their flow through the pipeline. With a good legal framework, a sober approach to financing and increasing investor demand for exposure to the Eurozone, hopes of progress are high. But might optimism yet be frustrated by bureaucracy? Andy Thomson sought the views of five of France’s leading infrastructure practitioners.
9 min read · 08 February 2013
Prospects for private investment in the US airport sector remain intriguing, write ING's Willem Sutherland and Ryan Prince.
7 min read · 08 February 2013
Infrastructure news from around the world
7 min read · 08 February 2013
The mega-firm is entering the amusement park sector, following several other firms that have acquired parks this year. But the sector has in some cases been a roller coaster for private equity returns.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
A recent survey has shown Asian private equity has even further to go than thought to build a stable local LP base.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
F&C and Altamar have both closed funds this week, as they seek to capitalise on emerging secondaries opportunities.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Thanks to a C$227.5m recapitalisation of the Dokie Wind Project in British Columbia, the first phase of the 300 megawatt wind farm will resume construction. Work halted on Dokie last year after now-bankrupt developer EarthFirst Canada could not finance the project.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
The provider of junior capital to Central and Eastern European businesses has held a €140m first close on its second fund.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Barry Sternlicht, CEO of Starwood Capital, warns the US government's bailout programmes are not needed in today's markets as capital looks to the asset class in the search for yield.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
