David Rose

After leaving the Royal Navy (telecoms) in 1971 I started work in the Eurobond syndication dept of a U.S. Investment bank in the City, out of which my financial PR career evolved. Subsequently, I've written for countless business and finance media worldwide including the FT, Indian Economic Times and the Australian Financial Review. Clients included many financial institutions, corporates and IGO's. My financing career grew out of financial PR beginning with a UK telecoms company in 1981 raising £50,000, through to project finance involved in transactions worldwide from $15m to $20bn+. Capital flows from the turn of the century saw 'informed' money (U/HNWI's, trusts etc) move out of mainstream banking and into hedge, p/e, alternative investment and similar funds, comprising what is still branded by the financial establishment and mainstream media as 'shadow banking'. Those of us in the real world refer to it as the 'Private Markets', which now far overshadow mainstream institutions. Irony lives. In 2020 I published the first edition of 'The Raising Project Finance Handbook' (available on Amazon) followed by the launch of the Project Finance Exchange (PFX) (search: 'PFX Projects'), now with over c$600bn of investable capital available. Project Finance is a $multi-trillion global market which, until now, has had no structured market-PLACE. PFX has taken the first steps towards consolidating this fragmented and opaque market, enabling projects and investors to seamlessly identify, connect and engage with each other. PFX is consolidating a market where transactional values can far exceed IPO's on any stock exchange, including London and New York. Eight decades after it was originally developed to finance large-scale infrastructure and industrial projects, project finance bears no relation to it's 1950's origins. Todays structure is being deployed across renewable energy, hospitality, infra, healthcare, agri and many other sectors. It is the only alternative investment structure with inbuilt risk-mitigated, long-term returns, and dominated by the private markets. Now with investment protected with insurance Wraps backed by Lloyds of London and other A+ rated markets.