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 firm, which saw 14 new investors commit to the fifth series of the vehicle, expects to be launching a successor during the first quarter of next year.
The Margam Green Energy Project is the fourth asset acquired by the French manager’s €500m Fund II.
The move follows LPFA’s creation, jointly with Lancashire County, of an asset-liability management partnership covering assets potentially worth more than £10bn.
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The French insurer will invest in the asset class through Zencap Asset Management, the private debt unit of its asset management arm OFI.
The transaction will provide a lucrative exit from the UK rail leasing business for 3i, Morgan Stanley, STAR and PGGM.
The transaction will provide a lucrative exit from the UK rail leasing business for 3i, Morgan Stanley, STAR and PGGM.
The institution is partnering with Bayerische Landesbank subsidiary DKB to provide €200m of financing to a range of projects including PPPs.
Cenpower, whose backers include AIIM, Africa Finance Corporation and FMO, is expected to account for about 10% of the country’s capacity once complete.
Cenpower, whose backers include AIIM, Africa Finance Corporation and FMO, is expected to account for about 10% of the country’s capacity once complete.
Fast-growing economies no longer form a coherent category. That should help rather than deter prospective investors.