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Syndicated lending is a well-established way for banks to share risk in financing projects, but can reduce competition.

The Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance has (as the lead sponsor of an inter-jurisdictional steering committee) released a report: In Pursuit of Additional Value: A benchmarking study into alliancing in the public sector. The report details the results of a study on the performance of alliancing in Australia. The research is based on a five-year study of 14 projects covering a range of major infrastructure sectors.

Sponsors and market participants in infrastructure projects have been looking for other funding options and structures.

Space-related assets are becoming investable for infrastructure investors, with opportunities in ground stations, mission control assets, data-processing facilities and dual-use platforms. However, investors must carefully evaluate technology refresh risks, regulatory complexities including spectrum and orbital rights, and revenue bankability through counterparty quality rather than relying solely on sector growth projections.

After a number of setbacks, the Corporations Amendment (Crowd-sourced) Funding Bill 2016 (CSF Bill) will become law.

It is highly likely that green bonds could provide an important source of funding in the low-carbon future of Australia.

A PBA is a payment method for contractors, where a project-specific bank account is operated with a trust arrangement.

Last month, the ATO signalled a low tolerance for highly engineered cross-border structures when it dramatically sought to impose tax on TPG’s $1.5 billion profit on the Myer float. In the course of the ATO’s frantic efforts to secure a slice of the Myer millions, it issued two draft determinations last Friday setting out the circumstances in which it will challenge similar private equity arrangements.

On 20 April 2009, the Australian Government's Export Finance and Insurance Corporation released it second Global Readiness Index Report.

Welcome to the final edition of Projects Insights for 2009, in which we'll look at the trends past, present and future in infrastructure

The private sector needs to play an increasing role in financing and delivering much of the Australian infrastructure.

In continuation of its six-year, $50 billion infrastructure investment program commenced in 2013–14, Australia's commonwealth government has pledged an additional $5 billion for infrastructure over the next three to four years.

The UK’s experience could prove useful to the Australian Government which is looking at potential areas where Public Private Partnerships could be applied.

In a recent Decision Impact Statement, the ATO has suggested that significant GST liabilities may arise for certain types of infrastructure/PPP projects.

New measures should help in boosting the use of pooled venture capital focused funds as a way of channelling investor capital.

Following a 2005 PricewaterhouseCoopers study conducted for the Australian Local Government Association, a backlog of $14.5 billion in infrastructure renewals was identified.

An estimated $107 billion of Government investment in infrastructure projects until 2026 presents significant opportunities for the private sector to assist with the delivery of these projects.