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A market with grounds for optimism Vol 13, Issue 5 (May 2012)

After a period of stagnation, the market for groundwater treatment technologies has a lot of catching up to do. Increasingly stringent regulations and demographic change will drive demand, argues Gord Cope.

GWI Americas Index rises to all-time high Vol 13, Issue 5 (May 2012)

A robust performance from Brazilian water stocks and US investor-owned utilities helped the GWI Water Index to outperform most of the major stock benchmarks this month. Séché Environnement, meanwhile, had a torrid time.

AMERICA WATER IN BRIEF Vol 13, Issue 4 (April 2012)

The International Finance Corporation is proposing to lend BRL100 million ($55 million) to Brazilian water concessionaire AEGEA Saneamento.

Birth of a bespoke solutions provider Vol 13, Issue 4 (April 2012)

Industrial wastewater solutions company IWTS is on the acquisition trail. What has it bought so far?

CORPORATE ACTION Vol 13, Issue 4 (April 2012)

Corporate financiers have been busy this month, with Pentair announcing a merger with Tyco Flow Control, Rexnord floating on the New York Stock Exchange, and Norit lining up advisors for its IPO.

IWTS seeks to expand industrial roll-up Vol 13, Issue 4 (April 2012)

A newly formed investment holding is looking to build an industrial wastewater treatment platform. It has already snapped up two specialist players.

SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE Vol 13, Issue 3 (March 2012)

There were some crazy share price movements this month when Invesco decided that it was going to change the basis of its two water-related exchangetraded funds.

AMERICAS WATER IN BRIEF Vol 13, Issue 2 (February 2012)

Heckmann Corporation filed a universal shelf in mid-February for up to $400 million of new securities.

Heckmann feels the heat Vol 13, Issue 2 (February 2012)

Investors’ faith in Heckmann Corporation has been shaken in recent weeks, with the shares losing almost a quarter of their value. What went wrong?

American leaves utility peers in the dust Vol 13, Issue 1 (January 2012)

American Water was the runaway winner amongst the quoted US water utilities in 2011. What are the prospects for 2012?