The ratings agency has put the bank’s AAA rating on negative watch on account of what it calls ‘low probability but high-impact events’ such as multiple Eurozone exits.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
ICG’s listed real estate debt investment subsidiary has appointed Jack Perry as chairman of its new UK-focused investment vehicle.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Almost 200 private debt funds are chasing combined commitments of $124 billion, according to PEI research, as managers look to exploit credit opportunities created by banks’ partial retreat from the market.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
As the head of a firm that has just raised the largest fund the infrastructure asset class has ever seen, GIP’s Adebayo Ogunlesi has reaped the benefits of delivering on a strategy that countered many prevailing notions when it was first devised. Philip Borel caught up with Ogunlesi to reflect on the firm’s progress to date
10 min read · 15 January 2013
The EIB’s project bond initiative could fail to launch in 2014 if its pilot phase turns out to be unsuccessful, with the bank fearful that sponsors and procurement authorities will fail to take advantage of the scheme. Bruno Alves reports
7 min read · 15 January 2013
London’s High Court told the 22 investors looking to press charges against the Henderson PFI Secondary Fund II that they will have to forfeit their limited liability status if they wish to proceed with legal action.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
European infrastructure investors may well be hoping the UK fails to get its way in the battle over the EU budget
3 min read · 15 January 2013
PFI’s successor should have been the framework that conclusively brought institutional investors into the mainstream of greenfield infrastructure debt financing.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
First Round has never been much of a fan of pigeons, an antipathy firmly cemented by an unfortunate incident on the way to its first black tie event as a youth (Eau de Guano – never a winning scent).
2 min read · 15 January 2013
OPTrust has appointed William Hatanaka as its new CEO – but the fall-out from the acrimonious departure of his short-lived predecessor rumbles on. By Graham Winfrey
3 min read · 15 January 2013
