May 12, 2024
Investors

Why investors should introduce infrastructure bank loans into their portfolios

Josh Pandolfi, managing director and senior portfolio manager at financial technology company Pontoro, explains how institutional investors can better access infrastructure debt – and discusses why infrastructure bank loan investments would provide a creative and efficient solution to the banks’ current balance sheet crisis. I never thought I’d have the chance to fly over the

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Investment

China’s belt and road, once a hotspot for European investment, is getting the cold shoulder

More Chinese investment is on the way, he said. “China is on the radar”. 02:09 China-owned shipping giant gets toehold in German port with controversial deal China-owned shipping giant gets toehold in German port with controversial deal Other headline projects include railways, airports and power plants, with firms in France, the Netherlands and the UK

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Loans

Does China’s oil-for-infrastructure lending model in Africa need a rethink?

Observers backed Adesina’s view, noting that while these loans offer developing countries the funding they need, they can be expensive and subject to commodity price fluctuations, making repayment difficult. 01:25 China-funded infrastructure across Africa force difficult decisions for its leaders China-funded infrastructure across Africa force difficult decisions for its leaders Known as the “Angola model”,

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Loans

Feds float first TIFIA loan for transit-oriented development

The U.S. Department of Transportation Wednesday announced its first-ever Transportation Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act loan for a transit-oriented development project. The loan marks the first of what’s likely to be several similar loans from the USDOT’s Build America Bureau, which supports transportation development with a variety of financing structures, including public-private partnerships and private

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Loans

A Constitutional Amendment Banning Subsidies, Grants And Loan Guarantees

This century sports its own version of the Roaring ‘20s in the form of the federal government showering taxpayer dollars on private companies. The business sector’s appetite for federal subsidies was especially evident in last week’s Syracuse installment of Joe Biden’s CHIPS and Science Act multi-city tour. US President Joe Biden arrives to speak on

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Finance

SJW Group Announces First Quarter 2024 Financial Results

Delivers $0.36 of diluted earnings per share (EPS), a slight year-over-year decrease of $0.01 Invests $69 million in infrastructure Secures 10.01% Water Cost of Capital Mechanism (WCCM)-adjusted return on equity in California as of January 1, 2024 Reaffirms 2024 guidance range of $2.68 to $2.78 diluted EPS Declares $0.40 cash dividend per share of common

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Funds

Match rules limit spending of Missouri’s federal infrastructure funds as deadlines loom • Missouri Independent

When Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare in Clinton received $1 million from the state last year to expand its cancer treatment options, the small hospital was ready to match the grant. The new facility providing radiation therapies opened in December, saving patients from the region a drive to Kansas City or Springfield or doing without the

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Investment

MidOcean Energy announces strategic investment from Mitsubishi Corp.

  Published by Jessica Casey, Editor LNG Industry, Thursday, 04 Apr 24 MidOcean Energy, a global LNG company formed and managed by EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, has announced a strategic investment by

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Investment

Largest rail investment entices Montana passenger rail advocates

Martin Kidston (Missoula Current) The U.S. Department of Transportation on Friday made $2.4 billion available to help local railroads modernize both freight and passenger rail infrastructure, and the Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority may consider several projects. The Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvement program, or CRISI, looks to advance projects that modernize the nation’s

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Investors

Rating agencies and investors weigh Baltimore bridge collapse

Investors and credit rating agencies are weighing how much effect the collapse of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore’s inner harbor will have on the local economy and logistics on the East Coast, though early indications suggest no drastic credit impact. Early Tuesday morning the Singapore-flagged container vessel Dali lost power and crashed into a

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