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.
A process to privatise around 75% of the GIB is expected to start in about three weeks.
The investment was made through AIA Energy North America, the US infrastructure platform Argo launched last year with APG, CalSTRS and Crow Holdings.
Some assets previously acquired by the London-based firm may be used to seed the vehicle, which aims to back up to 12 projects.
The vehicle will be raised in three series targeting €700m each.
Gregor Paterson-Jones has moved on to sit on the investment committee of the European Fund for Strategic Investment and assume a number of advisory positions.
The Swedish firm will exit EEW Energy from Waste to Beijing Enterprises Holding, one of three Chinese buyers said to have been vying, in addition to Macquarie, for the German company.
The creation of a ‘golden share’ allowing the government to veto non-green investments could speed up a privatisation process that is expected to be finalised by October.
Consortia involving OTPP, Wren House and PSP are jostling with Cheung Kong in a race to buy the GIP-owned hub.
Unions want the company running Gdansk’s deepwater terminal to grant a collective bargaining agreement and reinstate laid-off staff.
Unions want the company running Gdansk’s deepwater terminal to grant a collective bargaining agreement and reinstate laid-off staff.