Features

Vulnerable UK consultants are being snapped up by foreign giants. But with little pipeline in the UK market, what exactly are they up to, asks PPP Bulletin Editor Colin Leopold Read more...

After four years in the US, Hochtief is nearing financial close on its first P3. Peter Coenen, executive vice president at Hochtief PPP Solutions, looks at the challenges ahead in an ‘erratic’ market Read more...

Saudi Arabia and the UAE represent massive potential PPP markets. So why are we still waiting for policy-makers to commit to the model? John Davie, chairman of Altra Capital and former chairman of the UK's Export Advisory Group on PPP looks across the region Read more...

The upheaval following the Arab Spring might have stalled projects in some parts of the Middle East but it has also pushed social housing PPPs up the agenda, writes Adrian Creed at Clyde & Co Read more...

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...