LATEST ISSUE - June 2009 The confusion that is the US PPP market
US PPP deal volume is struggling – and debt markets are only partly to blame. Will promoters' last best hope – fiscal crisis in local government – produce the result they want? Tom Nelthorpe reports.
FEATURES Toll road trials in central and eastern Europe
A spate of availability-based roads tenders - the R1 and D1 for example - across Central and Eastern Europe have and are finding willing bidders. And despite the gloomy lending climate, deals looks set to finance – albeit with protracted negotiation and multilateral support. By Michael Marray
Filling the infra fund void
Infrastructure funds are not immune to the downturn. Fund raising has fallen off a cliff and some limited partners are nursing losses. Will this lead to a new investment approach? Nick Lord reports.