Public-private partnerships, the infrastructure development model hailed by some as a superior way for governments to provide hospitals, highways, schools and other large-scale projects to taxpayers, have taken...
Public finance initiative (PFI) projects in Britain may be looking for a multi-billion pound bailout from government as funding sources dry up in the wake of the global economic crisis. Some think that when the...
The key investor behind the public-private partnership building and operating the new ten-lane Port Mann toll bridge today reported a loss of over $1 billion (CAD). Macquarie Group's infrastructure arm took the...
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Just a day after the B.C. Liberal government announced plans to supersize the new Port Mann bridge crossing comes news that the project's private partner is facing major write-downs on its other infrastructure...
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A new study by B.C.'s best-known forensic accountant concludes that so-called public-private partnerships (P3s) for public projects cost more than if they were financed directly by government. The study also finds...
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There's a lot of questions being raised about the future of using so-called public-private partnerships to provide major infrastructure projects like the Port Mann Bridge and Highway 1 expansion. Just yesterday,...
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In an op-ed published in today's Sacramento Bee, California's state treasurer takes on proponents of public-private partnerships and makes the case for funding public infrastructure projects by issuing municipal...
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The Vancouver Sun has published a major feature that raises serious questions about the financial health of privately-financed infrastructure projects in British Columbia.The investigative report comes a day...
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The German bank that's involved in the financing of three high profile public-private partnership (P3) projects in British Columbia may be partially nationalized by the German government. Hypo Real Estate (HRE)...
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A plan to privately finance the twinning of the Port Mann Bridge and widen Highway 1 through a public-private partnership (P3) appears to be on shaky ground. The Australian financial partner in the scheme -- the...
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Depfa Bank, a major lender to public infrastructure projects in British Columbia, has found itself embroiled in a major bond scandal involving Italian local governments, according to The Telegraph newspaper. The...
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A Frankfurt-based law firm is warning investors in Hypo Real Estate (HRE) that time may be running out to make claims for damages against the troubled German lender.The firm Winheller Attorneys says that...
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Dexia, the Belgian-French bank that's bankrolling three major infrastructure projects in British Columbia, saw its stock value plummet by more than 81 per cent in 2008. It was the largest loss by a company listed...
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Hypo Real Estate (HRE), the real estate and public finance bank linked to several high profile government projects in British Columbia, is being investigated by German prosecutors for suspicion of insider trading....
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Dexia, the Belgian-French bank that's involved in several public-private partnership schemes in British Columbia, may be broken up by the governments who bailed it out. The bank is providing financing for the Royal Jubilee Hospital expansion in Victoria, a new Surrey...
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