Features
Australian states have some big infrastructure plans. To finance them, they will have to have some big institutional investors. Aaron Weinman asks how they are progressing Read more...
The Philippines is in the vanguard of Asia’s growing PPP market, as the continent battles to address growing infrastructure needs. Aaron Weinman considers the country’s ambitious pipeline, and the prospects for getting billions of dollars out of global investors Read more...
29 January 2013 - Steady progress
Australia continues to produce a steady pipeline of projects to keep the market interested, despite the setbacks, say Alex Guy and Brendan Hanvey at DLA Piper Read more...
Australia has championed PPP over time, but recently governments at both a state and federal level have come under fire in the aftermath of unsuccessful projects. But is the land down under about to embark on an upward trend? Aaron Weinman reports. Read more...
11 July 2012 - Using their noodle
Minimum revenue guarantees in Asia are giving way to more ambitious risk-transfer models based on pension fund investment, writes Gary Watkins at Service Works Global Read more...
10 July 2012 - Hungry bellies
Unless a project requires high levels of technology or complexity, foreign bidders in India are finding it difficult to compete on price, writes Amrit Pandurangi at Deloitte Read more...
6 December 2011 - Wizards of Oz
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...
9 November 2011 - Doctor’s orders
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...
2 August 2011 - Aiming high
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...
16 May 2011 - Stating the facts
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...
28 March 2011 - Currying favour
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...
14 September 2010 - Singapore’s sporting chance
The Singapore Sports Hub is a PPP with a twist, explain Nick Merritt and Nicky Davies, lawyers at Norton Rose. Read more...
6 September 2010 - Australia – Playing politics
With the nation in political limbo after the federal election, there will be some long-term consequences for the PPP market, says Alex Guy, partner at lawyers DLA Phillips Fox. Read more...
1 May 2010 - Bidders beware...
Should we add sovereign risk to the Australian PPP risk register, asks Bill Banks, Oceania infrastructure leader, Ernst & Young Read more...
Despite only just getting to grips with a rollercoaster programme of planes, trains and roads, India has insisted that it will attack a pipeline of PPPs to improve services for the poor with the same gusto. But just how genuine is its rhetoric? Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi reports. Read more...
More needs to be done to address financing and pave the way for PPP deals, say Sanjeev Dhuna and Srinivas Parthasarathy at Allen & Overy, and Nishant Parikh and Karan Singh at Trilegal. Read more...
