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babcock & brown limited prospectus.pdf - Astrojapanproperty.com
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BABCOCK & BROWN PROSPECTUS<br />
INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROJECT FINANCE<br />
Overview<br />
The Infrastructure and Project Finance Group has a balanced mix of financial advisory, principal finance and<br />
funds management activities.The scope of its roles within these activities includes:<br />
Investment management Principal investment Advisory<br />
• Private investment syndicates • Project developer<br />
• M&A advisor<br />
• Listed funds<br />
• Equity investor<br />
• Project finance advisor<br />
• Senior and mezzanine debt<br />
provider<br />
• Corporate advisor<br />
• Debt/equity arranger<br />
Locations<br />
Contribution to Net Revenue<br />
Australia, US, Europe, Malaysia, Hong Kong<br />
22%<br />
24%<br />
2003A<br />
2004F<br />
The Infrastructure and Project Finance Group’s activities are diversified across a range of sectors and<br />
geographic regions.<br />
Sectors<br />
• Renewable energy<br />
• Power<br />
• Transportation<br />
• Distribution and transmission<br />
• Resources<br />
• Public Private Partnerships (PPP)<br />
• Water treatment<br />
Countries<br />
• Australia • Malaysia • New Zealand<br />
• China/Hong Kong • USA • Korea<br />
• Canada • India • UK<br />
• France • Germany • Hungary<br />
• Italy • Iceland • Spain<br />
• Turkey<br />
• Greece<br />
The Infrastructure and Project Finance Group has drawn on its structured finance expertise to develop its<br />
advisory practice, focusing on more complex transactions that require innovative financing solutions. Babcock &<br />
Brown has historically targeted niche sectors of the market where it perceives that there will be significant<br />
growth and where it has the ability to capture a market-competitive position.<br />
In recent years, Babcock & Brown has placed a greater emphasis on principal investment-related activities and has<br />
increased its role as an originator and investor in development projects.The goals of this strategy include<br />
generating attractive development returns and developing long-term investment management roles in relation to<br />
assets or vehicles acquired or originated by the Business Group, increasingly providing the Infrastructure and<br />
Project Finance Group with new transaction opportunities or clients.<br />
The business is well established in the US, Europe and Australia and has recently expanded into Asia.<br />
Background<br />
Babcock & Brown commenced its involvement in the infrastructure sector in the 1980s as an advisor and<br />
arranger of project financings. Operations began in the US and were subsequently expanded into Europe. By the<br />
mid 1990s, Babcock & Brown was a financial advisory market leader to independent power producers in both<br />
the US and Europe.<br />
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