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.
With the sale process set to enter a new phase in the coming days, consortia involving the likes of Macquarie, Allianz and OTPP are said to be looking at the £2bn opportunity.
The French fund manager has lately deployed capital at an accelerated pace, with two deals closed in as many weeks.
The European fund manager has hired two directors shortly after buying an additional stake in FPS, a telecom tower business.
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Turkey’s Sancaktepe, a €2bn PPP, is among the projects currently said to be considered by greenfield specialists such as Aberdeen, InfraRed, InfraMed and John Laing.
The London-based renewables firm will acquire the asset from Temporis Capital and Eco2 as part of a £160m investment programme in the business.
The Natixis subsidiary, which reached a €600m first close on the vehicle this week, expects to complete fundraising in October.
Institutional investors are still keen on airports. But not at any price
Institutional investors are still keen on airports. But not at any price
An infrastructure vehicle managed by the US buyout firm alongside Riverstone, its long-time partner, was valued at 0.1x as at end December.
The 35-year loan, the largest for UK transport investment since support for Crossrail was secured six years ago, will be used to revamp the Victoria and Bank underground stations.