The conference will provide an excellent opportunity for your organisation to showcase its products and services. We have developed two impactful and value-oriented sponsorship packages under which the deliverables include:

Lead Sponsors (up to two):

• Your company logo will be promoted as the tier one sponsor on –
  • The front of the conference brochure
  • All promotional printed materials
  • The backdrop banners within the main conference auditorium
  • Welcome panel at the entrance of the conference hall.
  • Delegate kit given to all delegates and speakers.
• Speaker Slot of 15 minutes in your relevant sessions
• The sponsor’s corporate profile/brochure sheet within the delegate packs
• The official event website pages with URL link attached
• The India Infrastructure HTML e-mails promoting the event to our database (including your URL link for direct access to your preferred webpage)
• Featuring corporate film within the main conference auditorium during networking breaks
• Six delegate passes to the conference

Co-sponsor:

• Your company logo will be promoted as co-sponsor on –
  • The front of the conference brochure
  • All promotional printed materials
  • The backdrop banners within the main conference auditorium
  • Welcome panel at the entrance of the conference hall.
  • Delegate kit given to all delegates and speakers.
• The sponsor’s corporate profile/brochure sheet within the delegate packs
• The India Infrastructure HTML e-mails promoting the event to our database (including your URL link for direct access to your preferred webpage)
• Four delegate passes to the conference

Adani Power, Aditya Birla Finance, Aditya Birla Insurance Brokers, AECOM, Aion Capital, ALMT Legal, Anand Rathi, Anoma Legal Advocate, APIIC, Axis Bank, Axis Private Equity, B S R & Co. LLP, Balmer Lawrie, Barclays Capital, Baring Private Equity, BG Shirke, BMR Advisors, BMT Consultants (India), BMTC, Brescon Corporate Advisors, Campusville, CARE Ratings, CESC, Chennai Metro Rail, Cipher Capital, Clasis Law, Credit Analysis & Research, Crew Infrastructure, CRISIL, Dave & Girish, DBM Geotechnics, DBS Bank, DEG Invest, Desai & Dewanji, Dhir & Dhir Associates, DSK Legal, DSP Financial, Duet India, Edelweiss, ELP, Emkay Global, Essar Projects, Essel Mining, EY, Fortum India, Fox Mandal & Associates, Frischmann Prabhu, GAIL, Gammon, GE Capital, Gokal Group,Goldman Sachs, Green Infra, Gujarat International Finance TEC-City, HCC, Hero Future Energies, Hochtief Concessions, HPCL, HSA Associates, IARC, ICICI Bank, ICRA Limited, IDBI,IDFC Alternatives, IDFC Infrastructure Finance, IFCI, IL&FS Energy Development, IL&FS Investment Managers Limited, IL&FS Maritime Infrastructure Company, IL&FS Renewable Energy, IL&FS Transportation Networks, IL&FS Trust, IL&FS Urban Infrastructure Managers, India Infradebt, India Infrastructure Finance Company, India Ratings & Research, India First Life Insurance Company, IndusInd Bank, Indvest Group, Infrastructure Advisors Private, Infrastructure Debt Fund, IRB, IREP Credit Capital, J Sagar & Associates, Jaipur Metro Rail, Jindal Power, JMC Projects, JSW, Karaikal Port, KfW, Khaitan & Co., Konkan Railway Corporation Limited, Kotak Mahindra Life Insurance Company, KPMG, L&T IDPL ,L&T Infra Finance, Link Legal, Little & Co, Louis Berger, Luthra & Luthra Law Offices, Marsh, McKinsey &Company, MEP Infra, Mumbai Metro One Depot, NABARD, National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Ltd., NVVNL, Pashchima Projects, PE Consulting, Petronet LNG, PFC, Phoenix Legal, PWC, Progressive Constructions, RattanIndia Power Limited, Reliance Capital, Religare Capital Markets, RMG Alloy Steel Ltd., Rolls Royce, S.P. Singla Constructions Pvt. Ltd., Safire Capital Advisors, Samsung, SBI Bank, SBI Capital Markets, Scomi, Shapoorji, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co., Shree Vaishnav Wire & Rod, Shrem Infraventure Pvt Ltd, Simplex Infrastructures, SKS Ispat & Power Ltd., Societe Generale, Standard Chartered, State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, Sterlite Ports, Sun Capital, Talwar Associates, Tata Capital Financial Services Limited, Tata Realty, TCE,TD Bank, Toyo Engineering, TRIL Roads, Trilegal, Trust Investment Advisors, UBS, Universal Crescent, UTI Capital, VA Tech Wabag, Vedanta, Vinci Concessions, Visa Steel, Vishwaraj Infrastructure, Wadia Gandhy, Welspun Group, Wipro, YES Bank, ZR Renewable Energy, etc

Trident Bandra Kurla Complex
C 56, G Block,
Bandra Kurla Complex,
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400098
Tel : 022 6672 7777

The conference is being organised by India Infrastructure Publishing, the leading provider of information on the infrastructure sectors through magazines, newsletters, reports and conferences. It publishes Indian Infrastructure (a magazine devoted to infrastructure policy and finance), as well as Power Line, Renewable Watch and tele.net magazines. The group also produces a series of reports on finance and infrastructure sectors. It organises almost four dozen conferences in a year. Its recent conferences in finance have included: Private Equity in Infrastructure, Real Estate Investment Trusts and Infrastructure Investment Trusts, Infrastructure Finance in India, Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Bonds Financing, External Commercial Borrowings, Legal Issues in Infrastructure, PPP in Infrastructure and Debt Restructuring: SDR & S4A.

Organisers:      

Kanan Kumar
Tel: +91-11-41034615 (D),
M: +91-9891210461
Email: kanan.kumar@indiainfrastructure.com

Megha Apte
Email: megha.apte@indiainfrastructure.com
Mobile: +91-9582345887, +91-11- 41034616, +91-11-41034615

• The past year has been progressive for the infrastructure financing sector in many ways. Bank credit has grown at a rate of 19 per cent during 2018- 19. Continuation of the current government has lent confidence to investors and lenders. New products such as InvITs have started to gain acceptance. The investor community has expanded to include a whole range of investors (PE funds, pension and insurance funds, SWFs and asset reconstruction companies). 
• After a long gap, it seems that the lender and investor community is warming up once again to the infrastructure sectors 
• The RBI’s agenda for the resolution of non-performing assets has played a key role in bringing down the stressed advances ratio in infrastructure from 22.6 per cent in March 2018 to 17.8 per cent in March 2019. The central bank has also introduced a revised prudential framework for stressed assets. The revised circular has allowed lenders to take defaulters to the bankruptcy court; extended the applicability of the framework to include a larger universe of lenders comprising small banks and NBFCs; and introduced penal provisions for lenders. 
• At the same time, there is greater prudence on the part of developers both in terms of bidding for new projects and hiving off operational/non-core assets to deleverage balance sheets and recycle money.
• These developments have enabled products like InvITs to gain uptake in the financial space. Till date, six InvITs have been launched and another four are in the pipeline. In addition, public sector assets in segments such as roads, pipelines, railway tracks, transmission grids, airports and ports are being identified for monetisation through the creation of such unit trusts. 
• PE investors and venture capitalists have invested about Rs 750 billion in infrastructure sectors during 2018-19, a record number in the past five years. Operating/yield-generating assets with a good track record have become the flavour of the day. This has resulted in better valuations, reduced risks and more realistic return expectations. 
• These investments have been largely driven by global pension and sovereign wealth funds, which were a part of some of the largest transactions in 2018. They are looking for both direct opportunities as well as co-investing options with limited partners. 
• Meanwhile, the government has proposed to put in place an action plan for deepening the corporate bond market, with a special focus on the infrastructure sectors. Besides, measures such as mandating large companies to meet 25 per cent of their incremental borrowings from the bond market, and withdrawal of the 20 per cent limit on FPI in corporate bonds, are expected to encourage bond issues. That said, the Indian bond market is yet to mature due to the lack of liquidity in the secondary market and extremely low appetite for bonds below the AA-level rating. The next step should be towards plotting a long-term yield curve, which is the closest proxy to the sovereign yield curve. 
• On the IDF front, the success has been limited as there is still reluctance on the part of banks to part with operational projects. However, given that a significant pool of assets in sectors such as roads and renewables is eligible for refinancing, the growth potential for NBFC-IDF is quite significant. 
• Meanwhile, the NBFCs are facing difficult market conditions, which have impacted their wholesale lending activity, especially post the IL&FS crisis. The credit quality of many NBFCs was weighed down due to the high borrowing cost of funds and the liquidity crisis. 
• Going forward, the long-term financing needs of the sector can be taken care of by attracting patient capital. It is important, therefore, to continue the efforts towards tapping alternative sources such as bonds, IDFs and InvITs. While the response from the investor community has been encouraging, regulatory impediments for each of these products need to be addressed to enable them to unlock the value in existing assets. 
• The mission of this conference is to discuss the latest trends and developments in infrastructure financing, analyse the progress of new funding instruments, examine the challenges and highlight the sector-specific investment opportunities

TRENDS, CHALLENGES AND INVESTMENT OUTLOOK

• Financing trends in the past 15 months
• New and emerging sources of funding
• Future outlook

STRESSED ASSETS: RESOLUTION STRATEGIES AND THE WAY FORWARD

• Reasons for stress in infrastructure assets
• Resolution experience under IBC and non-NCLT route
• Bankers/Lenders viewpoint
• Financial equity investor’s viewpoint
• Regulatory changes needed to improvise the stressed assets framework

RECLYCLING OF PUBLIC ASSETS

• Current experience with asset monetisation
• Regulatory framework needed to support asset recycling
• Potential challenges
• New opportunities for financial investors

FUTURE ROLE OF INFRA NBFCs

• Current experience of NBFCs in financing
• Infusing liquidity in NBFCs
• Key challenges
• Future roadmap for NBFCs

FOCUS ON INVITS: EXPEREINCE, OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

• InvITs experience of infrastructure developers
• Impact of recent regulatory amendments
• Investor perspective on these structures
• Taxation aspects and unaddressed issues

ENHANCING THE ROLE OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEBT FUNDS

• Experience and performance of IDFs
• Key challenges
• Regulatory changes needed to promote IDFs

PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTOR PERESPECTIVE: CURRENT STRATEGIES AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES

• Current stance of PE investors on investment in operational assets
• Opportunities in stressed assets
• Investor interest in greenfield assets
• Trends in valuations and returns

PERSPECTIVE OF LONG-TERM INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS

• Current stance of insurance and pension funds
• Opportunity sectors/areas
• Regulatory impediments
• Risks and returns

FINANCING OF INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANIES

• Experience so far and recent trends
• New and emerging funding options
• Issues and challenges

DEVELOPING THE BOND MARKET

• Role of bond financing in meeting the investment needs
• Plotting India’s long-term yield curve
• Regulatory impediments needed to diversify the investor base
• Steps needed for enhancing credit enhancement
• Investor appetite for masala bonds and green bonds

REVISITNG PPPs

• Lessons of financiers/developers from past PPPs
• Lender/Investor interest in brownfield PPPs
• Policy changes and amendments required to revive PPPs
• Renegotiation of concession agreements

FOCUS ON MUNICIPAL BONDS

• Experience so far
• Issues and challenges
• Regulatory intervention required to promote municipal bond issuances
• Expectations of global investors

ROADS

• Developer and financier perspective on financing the road sector (HAM and TOT)
• Future investment requirements of the sector
• New funding sources being explored
• Opportunities for investors
• Issues and challenge

CONVENTIONAL POWER GENERATION

• Developer and financier perspective
• Experience in resolving stressed assets
• Issues and challenges
• Workable solutions for the future

RENEWABLES

• Developer and financier perspective on financing the renewables sector
• Future investment requirements of the sector
• New funding sources being explored
• Opportunities for investors
• Issues and challenges

AIRPORTS

• Developer and financier perspective on financing the airport sector
• Future investment requirements
• New funding sources being explored
• Opportunities for investors
• Issues and challenges

PORTS

• Developer and financier perspective on financing the port sector
• Future investment requirements
• New funding sources being explored
• Opportunities for investors
• Issues and challenges

For speaking opportunities, please contact:
Neha Mathur
Email: neha.mathur@indiainfrastructure.com
Mob: + 91 8826000927

The conference is a must-attend event for all infrastructure developers seeking financing as well as for financiers seeking projects for funding. The conference is targeted at:

• Infrastructure developers
• Infrastructure finance groups in commercial banks
• Private equity firms
• Infrastructure fund managers
• Institutional investors
• Multilateral agencies
• Development agencies
• State financial corporations
• Insurance firms
• Credit rating firms
• Sector consultants
• Legal firms
• Infrastructure project contractors
• Technology providers
• Equipment manufacturers
• Sectoral advisory firms
• Financial institutions
• Bilateral and multilateral agencies
• Financial advisory firms
• Asset reconstruction companies

Kanan Kumar
Tel: +91-11-41034615 (D),
M: +91-9891210461
Email: kanan.kumar@indiainfrastructure.com

Megha Apte
Email: megha.apte@indiainfrastructure.com
Mobile: +91-9582345887, +91-11- 41034616, +91-11-41034615