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...Richard Abadie, head of infrastructure at PwC, welcomed the new vehicle for private capital but estimated that £40bn would need to be spent each year for the next decade to reach the UK's net zero target...
...While investors will put equity into existing or smaller infrastructure projects — such as an airport extension or a wind farm — they are wary of new projects, according to Richard Abadie, head of infrastructure...
...Richard Abadie, head of infrastructure at PwC, said “private finance would continue to be used, the question is in what form”....
...Richard Abadie, head of infrastructure at PwC, welcomed the GLIL but said it added to the huge amount of money already trying to get into infrastructure....
...But Richard Abadie, head of infrastructure at PwC, the consultants, said the move was irrelevant for infrastructure projects....
...Richard Abadie, infrastructure analyst at PwC, agreed — “HS2 is sucking up a lot of specialist commercial expertise,” he said — but added this was not the only problem....
...“Emerging markets, especially China and other countries in Asia, without the burden of recovering from a financial crisis, will see much faster growth in infrastructure spending,” said Richard Abadie, global...
...Richard Abadie, infrastructure partner at PwC, the consultancy, said it was one thing to promise a scheme and another to complete it: “It’s likely any major announcements will be largely unfunded and the...
...Richard Abadie, global leader of capital projects and infrastructure at PwC, agreed: “The real indicator of whether infrastructure investment is taking place is not talking about it but doing it....
...Richard Abadie, infrastructure partner at PwC, says: “The real problem is the dearth of new investable projects....
...Richard Abadie, infrastructure partner at PwC, noted that “actual commitments following the last government announcement were less than a tenth of what was headlined”....
...Richard Abadie, infrastructure partner at PwC, said UK insurers “lagged well behind their international peers who have been investing heavily in the sector for years”, and noted that “actual commitments...
...Richard Abadie, head of global infrastructure at PwC, says: “It’s impossible to expect the user or the investor to pay the full economic tariff on new projects, particularly in the early years; you almost...
...Richard Abadie, global head of infrastructure at PwC, said: “Although there were no major surprises, we do now have a lot more detail and clarity over what spend is coming up over the next few years, which...
...“Knowledgeable people in the market questioned the £20bn raisable from pension funds the minute it was announced,” says Richard Abadie, global head of infrastructure at PwC, the professional services company...
...Richard Abadie, head of capital projects and infrastructure at PwC, said the average financing cost could be up to 10 per cent more....
...Richard Abadie, head of infrastructure at PwC, said there was no sidestepping the need for government investment....
...Richard Abadie, head of infrastructure at PWC, said: “This is a small amount of the investment needed to move the dial on GDP growth....
...Richard Abadie, head of infrastructure at PwC, says there is really no sidestepping the need for direct government investment....
...Mr Abadie said that demand from the public for consumer electronics was still there and forecast double-digit revenue growth this year....
...Laurent Abadie, chief executive of Panasonic Europe, said some flat-screen TVs had gone out of supply: “Stocks at retailers and manufacturers are very low....
...The Treasury could use its lending to knock out the most expensive, making deals cheaper, said Richard Abadie, global head of finance at PwC, the financial services firm....
...On Tuesday a conference in London looks at PFI and PPP projects and features Richard Abadie, Head of PFI at the Treasury, with a range of business and local authority representatives....
...“Different companies focus on different sectors,” says Richard Abadie, its head of PFI policy....
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