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 UK-based fund manager stands to reap a 2x return multiple on its investment in the company, which it acquired in 2010 through a secondary deal.
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The French manager aims to invest in up to four new hospitals by the end of next year, bringing its total assets under management in the country to €2bn.
The UK lender’s £200m emerging market pilot fund aims to complete its first transaction before the end of the financial year.
The transaction values Total’s 53.4% stake in the business at €265m.
The move aims at allowing Hong Kong-based CKI, which bought UK rolling stock business Eversholt for £2.5bn in January, to pursue further acquisitions.
The proposed loan would be the institution’s second-largest in the energy space.
Institutional investors representing about $1.5tn of assets hope the initiative will allow more private capital to flow towards the asset class.
RDIF, the Russian sovereign fund, is eyeing a stake in the 20m-ton port facility as it bets on expanding trade in the Asia-Pacific region.
Amid a volatile climate for electricity markets, investors need to be smart and plugged in to find fresh opportunities.
FCP 4G, in which IFC is considering investing up to $100m, will provide senior debt financing to toll road projects in the country.