Editorial Blog
23 May 2013 - When it rains, it pours
Similar to the UK, Australia’s recent federal Budget announcements placed infrastructure high on its hit list, but is the timeframe for projects merely a political stunt asks Aaron Weinman Comments: 0Read more...
15 April 2013 - A game of patience
Qatar’s infrastructure is already preparing for the FIFA 2022 World Cup creating potential for PPPs. But is the oil-rich state ready for such a transparent partnership, Aaron Weinman asks Comments: 0Read more...
2 April 2013 - Can we have the bill please?
As state P3 bills continue to pop up across the US, the country is acquiring the fundamentals to join the top table of the global P3 market, says Dan Colombini Comments: 0Read more...
25 March 2013 - Opening the coffers
While the UK’s Budget has seemingly turned its back on private finance, Canada looks to continue its march as a market leader in P3s, says Aaron Weinman Comments: 0Read more...
21 December 2012 - Outside the Indonesian box
With a dedicated PPP unit and a government welcoming foreign investment, Indonesia’s infrastructure pipeline will shift in 2013, says Aaron Weinman Comments: 0Read more...
26 November 2012 - Irish eyes are smiling
The recent schools deal offers a glimmer of hope to the Irish PPP market, says Amanda Nicholls Comments: 2Read more...
24 September 2012 - Hotting up?
Financial close on the $5.4bn Al Zour power project may be holding up Kuwait's PPP market, but it's still an attractive prospect given the dampened global outlook Comments: 0Read more...
17 August 2012 - Olympic feat
Brazil has answered the weakened global economic outlook with a $65bn private investment plan for infrastructure Comments: 0Read more...
17 July 2012 - Watered down
A $3bn budget deficit is the best and the worst reason for New York's Nassau County to pursue its water P3 Comments: 0Read more...
22 June 2012 - A mature conversation
When experts from the world’s five most mature PPP markets came together last month, the differences between each market became quickly apparent Comments: 0Read more...
25 May 2012 - Crime and punishment
Australia may need increased bidder competition but the collapse of Victoria’s Ararat prison proves that bid assessment may be still an issue Comments: 0Read more...
1 May 2012 - Go Dutch
As the European debt crisis rolls on, political change is proving that governments and project pipeline are not as linked as you might think Comments: 0Read more...
30 March 2012 - In Chicago we Trust
While the rest of the world plays to institutional investors, Chicago's mayor has launched a city trust plan that may supplant P3 and work across the US Comments: 1Read more...
29 February 2012 - Land of plenty
The stakes are high for Turkey as it works through the financing on its first healthcare PPP Comments: 0Read more...
16 February 2012 - Down the tracks
Despite President Obama's budget splurge of nearly $500bn on infrastructure, state budgets offer a more telling insight into P3 pipeline for 2012 Comments: 0Read more...
17 January 2012 - Return of the king
The UK is coming up with some interesting ideas on how to plug the funding gap across Europe Comments: 0Read more...
9 December 2011 - Dutch courage
Rumours around a 2012 PPP pipeline in the Netherlands are worth noting when you have a government that both knows, and supports, the procurement model Comments: 0Read more...
23 November 2011 - CCPPP round-up
The public vote against Canada’s Abbotsford water P3 sent a chill through CCPPP’s annual conference in Toronto this week but a strong provincial pipeline was enough to lift the spirits Comments: 0Read more...
21 October 2011 - Three Colours Red
As European governments consider unleashing over €1trn to unlock the debt crisis, French fears are growing over investor appetite for project finance Comments: 0Read more...
28 September 2011 - Aussie rules
As investment opportunities evaporate in the UK, many of its firms are committing their equity to a booming market Down Under Comments: 0Read more...
