Features

Asset financing - from a five-year lease contract to a 25-year PPP - is taking on an increasingly critical role in the development of city infrastructure, writes David Martin, general manager, Siemens Financial Services Read more...

There is a growing band of UK investors placing their equity in Australian PPPs. What's their exact role in the market and what risks will they face as it develops, asks Martin Locke at PwC Read more...

Federal loan guarantees on US renewable energy schemes reveal a valuable lesson for PPPs, writes John Ryan at advisers Greengate Read more...

As long as investors accept state-level differences, India’s health sector presents considerable private finance opportunities, write Liz Jenkins and Sahina Jada at law firm Clyde & Co Read more...

Not one project followed in the three years after Poland’s first PPP law in 2005. Now it's jumping into pilot hospitals PPPs and road concessions. Craig MacDougall at Davis Langdon asks why Read more...

As investors target Saudi and Qatar, it is still possible that Kuwait may turn to a hybrid PPP model involving outsourcing and privatisation, write Paul de Cordova and Patricia Tiller at K&L Gates Read more...

A new sales tax proposal could take Georgia’s Department of Transportation beyond its current handful of headline P3 schemes, writes Kyle DeGiulio at UK Trade & Investment Read more...

As a diminished federal role in funding US infrastructure gets even smaller, public officials must understand that the private sector requires a rate of return equal with risk, writes Steve Van Beek, chief of policy at LeighFisher Read more...

Indonesia has never lacked ambition. Laurie Pearson of law firm Norton Rose’s Asia office takes a realistic view on the government’s latest US$53.4bn investment plan Read more...

After much stalling from the Spanish government, what PPPs can investors expect from its Extraordinary Investment Plan, asks Carlos Martínez García-Loygorri, director at contractor Cyopsa-Sisocia Read more...

Debate on a US infrastructure bank has turned to proposals for an American Infrastructure Financing Authority, writes Michael Likosky at New York University Read more...

Robert Graham at Pinsent Masons in Dubai considers the issues driving metro PPPs in the Middle East Read more...

India needs a national PPP policy to build on the innovation at state level, writes Prathibha. A, assistant economic adviser, Government of India Read more...

John Sellars, co-founder of Yavapai Regional Capital in Arizona, on how US politics are shaping PPP dealflow and why a new asset class is needed Read more...

With up to 85% of its highway schemes looking to PPP, India has shaped its tender process with international bidders in mind, writes Christopher Causer, partner at K&L Gates Read more...

PPP markets in Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE may capitalise on current unrest in parts of the region, write Jonathan Brufal and Joanne Emerson-Taqi at Norton Rose in the Middle East Read more...

As Spanish and French markets slowed after the financial crisis, German PPPs showed their highest growth yet, writes Roland W Chalons-Brown, chief executive of Siemens´ Financial Services Division Read more...

Ukraine’s recent moves on PPP legislation may pose more questions than answers, write Wolfram Rehbock, senior partner, and Olena Bondarenko, associate, Arzinger law firm Read more...

Refinancing in the PPP market has almost disappeared, but there are ways to reinvigorate it, by Laughlan Waterston, head of infrastructure and PPP, SMBC Read more...

Turkey is lagging behind Kuwait and Egypt in its approach to PPP delivery, write Barry Francis and Robert Graham at international law firm Pinsent Masons Read more...