As the muted market for IPOs shows some tentative signs of life, buyout house KKR has unveiled an agreement with Fidelity to open up new retail distribution possibilities.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
A debate is dividing the infrastructure community as to whether the $2.5bn Midway Airport deal fell apart because of bad timing or poor decision-making. Cezary Podkul weighs up the arguments.
10 min read · 08 February 2013
Why organisers of the 2012 Olympics will be celebrating as the London motorway upgrade secures finance
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Shareholders of the troubled German lender yesterday approved a government plan to nationalise the bank; JC Flowers has said it may take legal action to safeguard its investment.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
The deals of tomorrow will have a retro feel, writes Toby Mitchenall.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Bernard Sheahan is the man behind the IFC’s new Infrastructure Crisis Facility: a $10bn pot of money that could lend to your project or invest in your next infrastructure fund. Cezary Podkul asked him about his vision for the facility, how investors can get access to it, and why it is of such critical importance at the current time
10 min read · 08 February 2013
Pennsylvania said the recession and credit crisis upended the bidding process, which will resume when financial market conditions improve. In the meanwhile, $25m of commonwealth funds will be used to make the project more attractive to the private sector.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Financing infrastructure is of critical importance if the world is recover at least some of its former economic momentum.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
EU policy to combat climate change and reduce fossil fuel has created great opportunities for infrastructure investors, write Angus Evers and Duncan Field.
5 min read · 08 February 2013
Shareholders of the troubled German lender today approved a government plan to nationalise the bank by means of a capital increase. JC Flowers said it will try to safeguard its investments including possibly taking ‘legal steps’.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
