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-listed fund, which plans to use the proceeds to fund further acquisitions, expects to repay the new facility through fresh equity issuance or long-term debt raising.
Fresh research shows the asset class outperforming global equities in a flat yield curve environment.
The transaction allows the duo to improve on the terms of the £285m debt package it took on upon acquiring the airport in 2013.
Most of the companies vying for the bundles on offer also competed for the $392m Mactan-Cebu PPP awarded in April last year.
The London-based manager has hired 3i partner Andy Matthews to spearhead the strategy, which will be pursued outside its existing funds.
The milestone will likely see the Paris-based fund manager collect at least half its €300m target, with a final close on the 15-year vehicle expected this summer.
The London-based fund manager has reached financial close on a facility serving local distillers less than a week after buying its second Dutch port operator.
After a pause for breath in 2014, UK listed renewables are back in vogue. Expect the market to grow fast in years to come.
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David Marshall, a director of London-based John Laing Capital Management, is to step down at the beginning of July.
The UK law firm has hired Jason van der Poel as a partner in its Johannesburg office shortly after adding two directors to its South African team.