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The company has opened its books to the consortium following a third attempt by the group to take over the airport in as many months.
A mid-market investment strategy allows managers to access under-the-radar assets, but sell into a highly competitive environment, says Jamie Storrow, co-head of Northleaf Capital Partners’ infrastructure programme.
The airport’s board says the revised bid continues to undervalue the asset despite a recent surge in covid-19 cases and extended lockdowns in major Australian cities.
The PPP to build a new terminal at the New York airport, originally scheduled to break ground this year, was revised to reflect the realities of covid-19.
Covid-19 has forced investors to reconsider their risk exposure as infrastructure projects around the world have been significantly disrupted. Jon Yorker investigates how portfolios are being pandemic-proofed to prepare for future lockdowns.
With an economy that’s fast recovering thanks to the government’s effective response to the pandemic, opportunities abound in several sub-sectors.
From tech advances that were only recently the stuff of sci-fi, to the most virulent of global pandemics, four infrastructure professionals tell us how infra managers must always expect the unexpected.
While the pandemic is an obvious and direct link to toll roads’ return to growth, less obvious, yet noteworthy, is the role that type of traffic and types of commuters play in the sector’s recovery,
Airlines bore huge revenue losses in 2020 due to the pandemci, and it remains uncertain when activity will return to pre-covid levels.
Rigorous downside scenario analysis, simplified and more robust debt structures and a focus on diversification will dominate as infrastructure recalibrates from covid-19, says Vauban Infrastructure Partners chief executive Gwenola Chambon