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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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      <link>http://www.infra-news.com/analysis/analysis-and-opinion/769803/how-the-australian-election-affects-infrastructure.thtml</link>
      <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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      <link>http://www.infra-news.com/analysis/analysis-and-opinion/759068/uk-pfi-investment-prospect-of-cuts-forcing-lenders-to-overseas-markets.thtml</link>
      <pubDate>2010-07-26T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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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[Spanish PV Cuts Threaten Investor Confidence]]></title>
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  The Spanish government threatens to do serious damage to the solar PV industry with plans to sharply cut subsidies on electricity produced at most existing plants. The government has
  already done damage to its reputation with its handling of the issue. The damage could extend well beyond the solar PV sector itself. InfraNews' Peter Kneller explores how the government's
  proposals&#160;have incensed&#160;investors with exposure to Spanish solar PV, and the potential consequences of its actions.
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      <pubDate>2010-06-23T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[HS1's Value Likely to Be in Unused Track Capacity]]></title>
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  The sale of High Speed 1, the owner of the track from London to the Channel Tunnel, would be the UK's biggest privatization since the mid 1990s. Several banks are understood to be
  interested in putting together stapled finance in the form of a bridge to bond financing or a bond issue that could be available to the buyer. InfraNews' Janet Du Chenne and Randolph
  Walerius look at where bidders are likely to find value in the asset.
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      <pubDate>2010-06-07T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Russia Delivers PPPs, But Wants Western Banks]]></title>
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  Russia brought three big PPP projects to close in the course of three days in April. As impressive as the three closings were, the absence of private western finance is still noticeable.
  The EBRD and the IFC plan to syndicate EUR190 in debt on one of the projects to commercial banks. Their ability to do so will be at least an early indication of banks' willingness to take risk on a
  country that is famous for making investors poorer for their experience in Russia. InfraNews' Tom Morris looks at the three deals, how they were closed, and what's coming up.
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      <pubDate>2010-06-02T00:00:00+01:00</pubDate>
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