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     <title><![CDATA[UK Bankers Consider Shaking Off PFI Debt]]></title>
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  Sponsors can look back with satisfaction to days when PFI loans were priced as low as 50 bps. For the lenders, the memory of such margins isn't so nice. But getting rid of loans that are performing
  well isn't so easy. What to do about them is a recurring discussion among bankers. SMBC recently showed one option with a synthetic securitization of PFI loans. Few have followed suit, at least not
  publicly. Randolph Walerius asks bankers how the issue is likely to play out.
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      <pubDate>2010-09-07T11:14:32+01:00</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Bejar Pursues His Vision at Globalvia]]></title>
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  Juan Bejar is one of the most experienced executives in the concessions business. Having built businesses for Ferrovial and led the growth of Citi Infrastructure Investors, Bejar is now the
  executive chairman of Globalvia, a joint venture of Caja Madrid and FCC. In an interview with InfraNews' Randolph Walerius, Bejar talks about capital raising, Globalvia's portfolio and the
  current economic and financial climate.
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     <title><![CDATA[Energy and Transport M&amp;A Dominate European Infrastructure]]></title>
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  Faced with a need to deleverage, pressure from regulators, or even a desire to focus on new assets, a number of European companies have embarked on a massive asset sale programme. Assets in the
  gas, ports, transport and airport sectors have all been put on the blocks, and all offer tempting opportunities to hungry funds. Nonetheless, behind every opportunity exist numerous challenges.
  Brendan Malkin and Janet Du Chenne report
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      <pubDate>2010-09-03T18:21:32+01:00</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[How the Australian Election Affects Infrastructure]]></title>
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  Despite the political uncertainty in Australia following the country&#8217;s national elections on August 21, stability still exists in its infrastructure sector. Five key PPP projects,
  seemingly unaffected by the elections, are expected to close on time next year, while several new PPPs look set to come to market shortly. There are even M&amp;A opportunities at state level,
  including a possible sale of NSW Power. The only downside of the elections is the possible introduction of bonds that could in the long term partly replace bank debt. Janet Du Chenne
  reports
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      <pubDate>2010-08-25T09:36:25+01:00</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Investors Upbeat Over Italian Wind and Solar PV]]></title>
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  Clarification on&#160;Italy's incoming solar PV feed-in tariff&#160;cuts as well as greater certainty over wind energy green certificates have been welcomed by the country's renewables
  players. However, despite confidence in Italian renewables continuing to grow, developers' financing costs as well as bank debt remain high. Peter Kneller reports
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      <pubDate>2010-08-19T11:04:43+01:00</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[What Lane Cove Tunnel Means for the Australian Roads Sector]]></title>
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  The Lane Cove Tunnel acquisition by Transurban reached financial close this week, only six months after the toll road entered receivership. Janet Du Chenne looks at how the deal
  could change the way new Australian roads are procured going forward.
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      <pubDate>2010-08-13T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[What&#8217;s Causing Delays on the Sale of HSBC Rail?]]></title>
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  Back at the beginning of July, the sale of HSBC Rail looked as if it was going to go ahead with barely a hitch. A consortium had been chosen to buy the UK rolling stock lessor, while draft terms
  had been hammered out months earlier. Since then, however, things have gone quiet as parties involved have become headlocked in negotiations. Brendan Malkin goes behind the scenes
  on these talks, and discovers that the delays say as much about the state of the industry as they do about the deal itself
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      <pubDate>2010-08-09T09:33:16+01:00</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[UK PFI Investment: Prospect of Cuts Forcing Lenders to Overseas Markets]]></title>
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  Already reeling from the collapse of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, the UK&#8217;s embattled PFI market faces yet more cutbacks as a result of the Comprehensive
  Spending Review in October. InfraNews' Brendan Malkin examines the options available to PFI lenders, and whether the UK still remains an attractive place for infrastructure investors
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     <title><![CDATA[Wind Energy: Fundraising Travails Continue But Bank Appetite Returning]]></title>
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  Fundraising conditions continue to remain tight for renewable energy-focused funds, although margins are starting to come down as&#160;a result of returning bank appetite. However, only the
  most well structured deals&#160;are certain to&#160;secure bank finance, while ongoing regulatory uncertainty is causing institutional investors to think twice about making committments to the
  sector.
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     <title><![CDATA[Lend Lease Starts Recycling Capital in UK Market]]></title>
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  Lend Lease signed some of the longest-term concessions in the UK's PFI market. The company is now raising a core infrastructure fund to move some of the UK assets into the hands of
  long-term investors, and of course to recyle capital. Mark Menhinnitt, the group head of public private partnership, spoke to InfraNews' Janet Du Chenne and Randolph Walerius about the new
  fund and the company's strategy.
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      <pubDate>2010-07-05T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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