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 persistence of low interest rates across most OECD markets will continue to attract more capital to infrastructure and put pressure on underperforming GPs, says IFM’s Brett Himbury.
Dedicated vehicles will continue to win most secondary deals this year as LPs wanting to rebalance their portfolios seek to sell fund stakes, predicts Sunaina Sinha of Cebile Capital.
Brussel’s ambitions to revive the region’s project pipeline and the industry’s efforts to build a robust benchmark will be on the radar of many investors this year, argues Meridiam’s Thierry Déau.
Dedicated vehicles will continue to win most secondary deals this year as LPs wanting to rebalance their portfolios seek to sell fund stakes, predicts Sunaina Sinha of Cebile Capital.
Brussel’s ambitions to revive the region’s project pipeline and the industry’s efforts to build a robust benchmark will be on the radar of many investors this year, argues Meridiam’s Thierry Déau.
The rating agency intends to recognise the increasing significance of defined benefit pension funds as “flexible and cost-effective” lenders to project finance.
The Dutch firm is looking to establish operations in the country to take advantage of the upcoming recycling of privatisation proceeds into new PPPs.
Frank Roeters van Lennep will succeed Henk Huizing, who confirmed his intention to step down in August after more than six years in the role.
The Australian asset manager has provided a £60m, 18-year loan structure to the Swiss-based firm shortly after sealing a £579m first close on its UK inflation-linked debt vehicle.
The UK developer reckons the sum offered earlier this week by the London-listed fund falls “significantly short” of the realisable value of its PPP portfolio.