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Summary
Project Finance plays a vital role in funding various types of infrastructure and industrial projects and is well positioned to have a critical role in green financing, energy transition, transportation infrastructure, social infrastructure and others. Across regions, increased funding needs drive a strong pipeline, however, in the current environment balancing risks such as regulatory risks, higher OPEX, power price volatility and interest rate risks linked to refinancing make the need to understand and evaluate credit risk acute.
As the market has evolved, so have our Scorecards. S&P Global Market Intelligence’s enhanced Project Finance Credit Assessment Scorecard now captures atypical structures, has the ability to assess 100+ different project types and allows the analysis from the initial preliminary investment stage through the whole life cycle of the project.
Here is what you will gain from the session:
- Overview of the sectors and geographies the enhanced Scorecard covers.
- Exploring key risks associated with the construction and operations phase of projects at pre-and-post financial close.
- How to enhance your internal project selection & surveillance process for project finance deals.
Speakers
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Inna Popesku
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Director - Credit Risk Solutions
Inna is a Director in the in the Credit Analytics department, based in London.
Inna is a Director in the in the Credit Analytics department, based in London. She focuses on assisting financial institutions, including banks, multilateral institutions and insurance companies in improving their internal rating systems for low default asset classes across a broad range of industrial sectors. She specialises in delivering regulatory, pricing and financial reporting (IFRS 9) solutions.
Inna is involved in loss given default (LGD) and probability of default (PD) solutions and is a regular speaker at S&P Global Credit & Risk Solutions thought leadership events. She has over 10 years’ experience delivering complex credit related solutions related to all aspects of credit risk across various asset classes including corporates, financial institutions, public finance and specialised lending with specific focus on Project Finance.
Inna holds a Master degree in Financial Risk Management from ICMA Centre, University of Reading and a Master degree in International Banking and Financial Services from Henley Business School.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Niyati Vora
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Associate Director - Credit Risk Solutions
Niyati is Associate Director in the Credit Risk and Solutions department at S&P Global Market Intelligence, based in Mumbai. She focuses on assisting financial institutions, including banks, multilateral institutions, and insurance companies in improving their internal rating systems for low default asset classes like corporates, financial institutions, specialized lending and public finance through probability of default (PD) and loss given default (LGD) solutions.
Niyati is Associate Director in the Credit Risk and Solutions department at S&P Global Market Intelligence, based in Mumbai. She focuses on assisting financial institutions, including banks, multilateral institutions, and insurance companies in improving their internal rating systems for low default asset classes like corporates, financial institutions, specialized lending and public finance through probability of default (PD) and loss given default (LGD) solutions.
Overall, she has 9 years of experience, with the last 7 years in Crisil and S&P Global across various roles. She has extensive experience in credit risk with a focus on Project Finance, Infrastructure and other specialized lending asset classes.
Niyati holds a Master of Management Studies degree with Finance as her major from Sydenham Institute, University of Mumbai and has an a Bachelor’s degree in Technology from VJTI.
Moderator
Ernest Breitschwerdt, CFA
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Head of Credit & Risk Solutions Product Specialists
Ernest is a Senior Credit Product Specialist within the EMEA Credit Product Specialist team for S&P Global Market Intelligence, which provides multi-asset class data, research and analytics to global financial market participants.
Ernest is a Senior Credit Product Specialist within the EMEA Credit Product Specialist team for S&P Global Market Intelligence, which provides multi-asset class data, research and analytics to global financial market participants. He is responsible for positioning analytical solutions for the assessment of credit risk across different asset classes, comprising expert-based – as well as quantitative approaches. Therefore, Ernest has worked extensively with corporate & investment banks, advisory & valuation professionals, insurance firms , investment managers as well as corporate & tax professionals on credit risk related projects involving efficient counterparty credit analysis, surveillance, and risk management. Prior to S&P Global Market Intelligence, Ernest worked for FactSet concentrating on multi-asset class portfolio analytics solutions. Ernest holds a Diploma in Economics from Humboldt-University, Berlin and is a CFA Charterholder.
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