Industry Insights

Project Finance: Financing

In this series of Industry Insights we’ll bring you interviews with leading figures from a variety of institutions in the funding sector. As Project Finance gets more difficult to raise it helps to know exactly what makes a project work from the lender’s perspective and how their process works.

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The Role Of The European Investment Bank

Tim Stone, Global Senior Advisor, KPMG Corporate Finance

Since 2006 Tim Stone has served as an Expert to the Board of the European Investment Bank. In this interview he explains how the bank operates and why it plays such a critical role in European infrastructure development.

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The Wrapped Bond Is Back!

Dominic Nathan, Managing Director, Assured Guaranty

Assured Guaranty recently issued the first “wrap” for an infrastructure bond transaction in Europe since the credit crisis. In this interview Dominic Nathan explains the differences between senior debt and wrapped bond solutions.

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Pension Funds And Infrastructure Financing

Toby Stokes, Relationship Manager Aviva, Aviva

Aviva are one of the few pensions funds in the UK with an inhouse team which can lend directly to project finance transactions. In this interview Toby Stokes explains how and why Aviva got involved in PPP projects and how their loan offering differs from bank debt.

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