Infrastructure and Utilities Solutions

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is at the leading edge of delivering innovative financing solutions for infrastructure and utilities projects. In Australia we have more than fifteen years experience with patronage risk assets within the transport sector and we were the first financier to distribute subordinated debt to toll-road and airport infrastructure projects.

We have a large team of infrastructure and utilities project specialists on the ground in Europe who in the last three years have funded and committed over £1,000 million in assets.

We provide the following services to clients:

Lending to essential infrastructure projects
Investing in United Kingdom Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) and Private Finance Initiatives(PFIs)
Sourcing investment opportunities for the bank and its institutional clients in mature infrastructure assets

We specialise across a range of sectors:

Transport Infrastructure
Public-Private Partnerships and Private Finance Initiatives
Power Generation
Transmission and Distribution
Water and Waste/Recyclables

Our team worked on the following recent transactions:

Rugeley Power Station Mandated head arranger of the £485 million refinance and construction facilities for Rugeley Power Limited, a 1,050MW merchant, coal fired power station owned by International Power plc.

Newcastle Hospital Co-equity sponsor and investor of the £400 million PFI development of two new hospitals in Newcastle, England.

David Asteraki
+44 20 7710 3956
david.asteraki@cba.com.au