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.
Blue-chip names jostle with surprise newcomers as the race to clinch this year’s gold medals gets tighter.
Regulation remains investors’ public risk number one. But retroactive changes seem to be off the cards.
Corporates have hung on to non-core assets longer than expected, but sales are finally coming.
The move, the UK insurer’s most serious step into clean energy yet, sees it commit to developing a 270MW onshore wind portfolio.
The European firm has sold Antin Solar Investments to Quercus and Swiss Life a year after refinancing the business through Italy’s first-ever project bond.
The World Bank affiliate will provide Sirajganj 2 with a guarantee of about $70m for up to 15 years.
The Australian firm, which took a $492m write-down on Pacific Hydro last year, is said to have sold the business for more than $3bn.
The Antipodean asset manager has collected more than half its $100m target for its second PPP vehicle after deciding to focus on Australia through another structure.
The German operator and local partner Copelouzos were named preferred bidders for a contract to manage the 14 provincial hubs more than a year ago.
The pledges are intended to be the first of a series of infrastructure investments by the US institution after receiving proposals from more than 150 private equity firms.