January 2012

Abengoa and GE EFS seek February close on Nuevo Pemex bonds 30 January 2012

Credit Suisse expects to price and close a $600 million bond refinancing for Abengoa and GE Energy Financial Services' 300MW Nuevo Pemex

Campos do Jordao water treatment bonds launch 23 January 2012

Araucaria Saneamento has launched a R95.5 million ($54.2 million) senior secured bond issue

Banco do Brasil closes Linha Amarela issue 23 January 2012

Invepar subsidiary Linha Amarela has closed a R180 million ($102.4 million) unsecured bond issue

TVA closes lease bonds for John Sevier CCGT 20 January 2012

The Tennessee Valley Authority has closed a $1 billion leveraged lease financing for its 880MW John Sevier combined-cycle gas-fired plant

UK's Northumbrian, Wessex and Severn Trent water in bond market 17 January 2012

Northumbrian Water has closed a £360 million 30-year bond

Gatwick closes second bond issue 16 January 2012

Gatwick Funding has closed a £600 million ($920 million) bond issue, the second under its whole business securitisation programme.

Lord Abbett sues Citi over Las Vegas monorail bonds 12 January 2012

The Lord Abbett Fund has sued Citi over a secondary market purchase of bonds issued by the Las Vegas Monorail Corportation

BAA closes Swiss issue as Edinburgh sale launches 12 January 2012

UK airport operator BAA has priced a Sfr400 million ($420 million) issue of five-year bonds

TrAILCo completion and recapitalisation improves debt outlook 12 January 2012

FirstEnergy's Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company could be a candidate for a possible bond refinancing

Greece mulls bonds as alternative to privatisation 11 January 2012

Greece's Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund is understood to be considering using asset-backed bond issues to monetise state assets

Local debt for Santiago Airport refinancing 11 January 2012

SCL Terminal Aereo Santiago is planning a $200 million equivalent Chilean peso-denominated refinancing of the Santiago International Airport concession

AES Eastern files for bankruptcy after lease bondholder agreement 03 January 2012

AES Eastern has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as part of an agreement with coal portfolio's bondholders.