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.
The French bank aims to invest $500m on behalf of two Samsung-owned money managers in sectors that also include aviation.
The UK institution will be investing the first commercial capital into conflict-torn North Kivu since the 1980s.
The £1bn vehicle, launched last month, is the UK pension platform’s first since becoming a full-fledged manager in January.
The Australian firm’s debut infra debt vehicle, closed last year on £829m, is nearing full deployment.
Offshore wind projects have more stable revenues than onshore counterparts but complex operations risk may hamper ratings, says Fitch.
Standard Bank, FMO and the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund are part of a group of lenders backing the telecoms mast business.
The $400m partnership is the fifth deal sealed by the French bank with insurers in Europe and Asia.
A group comprising Mitsubishi, Hitachi and Sumitomo will build the Red Line elevated system, which will be partly financed by Thailand’s Future Fund.
The 1.2GW project is billed as the largest investment in northern Scotland’s power network since the region’s hydro programme in the 1950s.
The all-cash transaction will also see the US firm pay down €145m of junior debt.