We need a long-term cap on carbon output and a market price for carbon, he said, because it will send a long-term signal to energy companies, removing the uncertainty around capital investment plans.
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When fund managers are less interested in corporate debt, then companies either have to raise interest rates to attract investors, or cut back on capital expenditures and investment plans.
Historically, that role was the domain of venture capital firms scouring the countryside, analyzing business plans, and committing the seed-level investment capital needed to launch a new venture.
Those factors could be weighing down Blackstone and Fortress and could potentially damage the capital-raising plans of other alternative investment firms.
The government's capital expenditure plans, packaged as the Investment Strategy, have largely been maintained but not on a scale that could compensate for the fall in house building.
The CHC has said it does have reservations about some of the health board's plans, such as the availability of capital investment for proposed new primary care developments.
In the capital planning and investment control process, there are two separate and distinct plans that address IRM and IT planning requirements for the agency.
The CHC says it had decided not to refer these changes to the health minister either, but it "has reservations in relation to the availability of capital investment for the proposed new primary care developments in line with the timescales and the implementation plans of the health board".
In the last 10 years telco cash flows happily exceeded the capital required to maintain their networks, but with traffic booming thanks to smartphones and unlimited data plans, the required investment is starting to exceed the cash the networks can generate.
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