Welcome to the new look Infra-News. Over the last six months, we have spent time researching the market and speaking to our users, to make sure we provide you with the most useful and compelling source of information on infrastructure finance across Europe Infra-News will still deliver the most relevant, timely and accurate daily news about the latest greenfield and brownfield infrastructure projects and deals from the industry’s most informed journalists, but you will also receive a whole lot more. Infranews will now provide more insight on global projects, more project and transactional data, more analysis and insight.

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As a subscriber to Infra-News, you will now have access to Infra-Deals which provides real time data on project transactions and the latest closed deals across the globe. You will also be able to search and interrogate the updated project database of over 2400 infrastructure projects.

Infra-Deals : Real time information and data

• Closed Transactions – You will be able to find out first when projects reach financial close, including all the deal financing
• Transaction Pipeline – From a tender alert through to commercial close, Infra-Deals will track projects and alert you to key developments.
• Recent Bond Issues – All the latest pricing information on all the latest Infrastructure Bond issue

Infra-Deals – Searchable database of over 2400 projects

You will now be able to interrogate the Infra-Deals database to access and use the specific project information you are looking for. You can search the database by Greenfield or Brownfield project, by project name, geography or sector. When you find the project you are looking for, Infra-Deals unique project ticket gives you full project details including: project name, description, payment mechanism, duration, sponsor(s), project history, financial, technical and legal advisors, funding and full financing details. To see a sample deal ticket, click here.

Since 2002, Infra-News has built its reputation on providing the most informed and timely news for the European and Global Infrastructure communities. We will continue to do this and focus on deal-led, principal investing in the development of new infrastructure assets and the acquisition of existing assets and companies. You will continue to receive the daily news bulletin first thing each morning, as well as breaking news and deal alerts. To make using the site easier, and to make sure you can access the information and data you want immediately, we have organised the news into five key channels.

• Transport
• Social
• Environment and Renewable
• Funds & Acquisitions
• People

Now if you just want to find out the latest news in rail or road, you can go straight to the transport channel. There, you will also get a live feed from Infra-Deals enabling you to see the latest transportation transactions that have taken place.

As part of the new look Infra-News, you will receive an expanded section of features and analysis to help provide a better understanding not only of what is happening in the market now, but what is likely to happen in the future, what the opportunities will be and how companies can best take advantage of them.

• Analysis and Opinion – There will be regular in-depth analysis on key transactions, including full financing metrics, and reaction and comment from those involved in the deal. Infra-News’ own team of experts, lead by executive editor Peter Allison and Infra-News editor Randolph Walerius will also provide insight and opinion on key market developments and trends.
• Investor Watch – Infra-News will now bring you regular interviews with senior figures from investors, developers, advisors, funders and the public sector to provide a better understanding of what these people are planning to do and what implications it will have for the market.
• View from the top – A new section of contributed opinion pieces from leading industry figures will provide background information, understanding and analysis on specific projects or issues.
• In Depth – A new series of detailed features articles providing expanded coverage and analysis on political, economic, geographical issues. On top of this, a series of sector and territory specific Infrastructure reports will be launched.

Infra-Mobile You will be pleased to know that we have redesigned and reformatted the mobile version of Infra-News. This means that wherever you are, you will be able to read all the news each day on your Blackberry or I-Phone.

Infra-Americas If you are a subscriber to our sister site Infra-Americas, you will notice that we have also made similar improvements to that site, providing more news, data and in-depth analysis. The news content has also been organised into five key channels, which are

• USA
• Canada
• Latin America
• Funds & Acquisitions
• People

It is also now much easier to view content across both sites, and if you want to know the latest deal news from across the Americas, just click on the Infra-Americas tab at the top of this page.