Matthieu Favas
Matthieu Favas is the editor of Agri Investor. He was previously the web editor of Infrastructure Investor, where he started in 2013 after a year as a reporter at Private Equity International. Prior to joining PEI he spent four years in the wine industry in London, Spain and Mongolia.
Having sealed a June first investment from its new European vehicle, the firm expects to hit its €700m target the fund’s debut series in the autumn.
The sale of Macquarie’s 26% stake in the UK utility, delayed by Brexit, is expected to be agreed by the end of the year.
The Dutch firm is teaming up with Carillion to build and run six education facilities over a 25-year tenure.
The Australian firm is looking to build a 1GW portfolio alongside AGL, equivalent to 10% of the country’s 2020 renewables target.
The fund manager has purchased SAE on behalf of Australia’s Prime Super, sealing its second deal in the Nordics.
Eiffel Investment Group is aiming to collect €150m for a vehicle focused on small-scale solar and energy efficiency.
In the face of heightened political risk, not every infrastructure asset is equal. As the dust settles following Turkey’s failed coup, we try and draw some preliminary lessons.
Peter Taylor and Richard Hoskins have joined the US private equity firm just months after Australia’s Westpac pulled out of its sale of Hastings, citing “market conditions”.
The US firm upped its offer for Energy Assets Group last month to win over shareholders opposed to the takeover.
The vehicle will target pan-European investors looking for liquid exposure to sectors ranging from transport and telecoms to energy distribution.