Infrastructure Finance

Commercial bank funding has increased the pace of infrastructure development in India in recent years. At a recent India Infrastructure Forum event, P.R. Jaishankar, Managing Director, India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL), shared his views […]

The road ahead for infrastructure financing in India looks promising despite macroeconomic headwinds. With the second wave of the pandemic significantly impacting growth prospects in 2021-22, lenders and investors continue to remain cautious. Credit growth […]

Banks have been the conventional loan providers for road projects in the country. However, in the past few years, several long-term investors have emerged in the market. These institutional investors put their money into operational […]

Infrastructure financing in India faces many obstacles, ranging from the excessive cost of raising capital to lack of long-term funding. It becomes challenging to finance infrastructure projects, mainly due to the insufficiency of capital and […]

Over the past couple of years, the government has made concerted efforts to attract foreign investments into India, especially in the infrastructure sectors. Investments have come through private equity (PE) funds, pension funds and sovereign […]

In the digital age, financial institutions such as banks and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) are adopting new business plans in line with the evolving credit ecosystem in India. These include the increasing use of digital […]

The need for litigation finance is on the rise due to increasing globalisation and the liberalisation of funding regimes across jurisdictions. With suitable conditions in the Indian market and support for litigation finance in the Indian […]

Municipal financing in India has not been defined in a holistic manner. This is impeding municipal corporations from tapping the huge potential of wealth generation in cities. The fundamental approach towards cities has to change. […]

Infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) as an investment platform have come a long way. From being a non-starter, the product has gained a lot of popularity among long-term investors. Though retail participation is low, the product […]

The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in challenging times for India. However, foreign investors continue to pin their hopes on the country’s recovery and growth thereafter. The investment outlook seems to be sanguine in the long […]

The government’s asset monetisation programme has been gaining prominence in recent times. Limited fiscal spending has nudged the government to look at alternative ways of infrastructure financing. At a recent webinar on Public Asset Monetisation […]

The Indian economy is going through tough times. Weak consumption demand, subdued private investment, low industrial output, the depreciating rupee and turbulence in the financial system resulted in a difficult 2019-20. And now, the Covid-19 […]

Covid-19 has jolted the economy. While the nationwide lockdown disrupted economic activity, the recovery seems to be quick for many sectors. Taking a long-term view, the investor and lender community continues to bet on the […]

India and China share deep economic ties. There are high trade volumes between the two countries, with a mammoth imbalance in China’s favour. Following a border clash in which several soldiers on both sides were […]