For users and providers of international project finance, the Project Finance Yearbook
provides unrivalled knowledge of how to manage project finance in todays complex markets,
with each new edition combining with those previous to create a reference library of
experience in international project finance.
The Yearbook illustrates trends within the market through authoritative editorial and
comment, with specialist chapters covering innovative aspects of project finance, in the
form of case studies, project reports, and regional reviews. For 2005/06 specific projects
highlighted include Nakano 21 in Japan, the M5 motorway in Hungary, Akasaka Residence
project in Japan, the new Portuguese Infrastructure Programme (includes wind farms, the
Lisbon high speed rail link, and the New Lisbon Airport), Chicago Skyway toll road, and
the privatisation of miltary training in Canada. The ain focus of debate this
edition is the use of PPP - mirroring the dramatic expansion of public private
partnerships across the world in recent years. The PPP markets of Canada and Japan are
looked at in depth, and its use in delivering new public infrastructure is also examined.
Other topics include a review of the Japanese real estate market and the rapid evolution
of the project finance market in Saudi Arabia.
The Appendix to the Yearbook presents the market leaders for 2004/05 in project finance
activity including top 10 projects, and top global financiers, sponsors, bookrunners, and
advisers.
The accompanying directory lists over 1,250 companies specialising in project finance
across the globe.
Table of Contents
- Enhancing project finance through political risk mitigation
- P3s in Canada - taking flight
- Project finance in Saudi Arabia: Rapid evolution
- How governments can best use PF to deliver new public infrastructure
- Wind, air and rail: The second 'big wave' for project finance in Portugal
- Challenging market conditions for PFI projects in Japan
- PPP: The preferred route
- M5 project in Hungary: Pioneering refinancing at its best
- Expanding real estate finance in Japan
480 pages