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 asset manager, which paid $299m for a US power utility in January, has raised $508m for its maiden vehicle.
The infrastructure debt investor has bought unwrapped project bonds on behalf of Stanhope Pension Trust, the first such investment by a UK pension.
The firm hopes to benefit from the Mexican Energy Reform, which was approved last December.
The €500m tap, driven by first-time buyers of CABs, brings total issuance of the green instrument to €4.3bn.
Disposals by struggling utilities, renewables firms and transportation companies will provide the bulk of investment opportunities, according to fresh research.
The pension will invest via Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners alongside Danish utility TenneT.
A consortium led by the Spanish developer has been chosen as preferred bidder to deliver a five million-customer sewer network in Scotland.
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The division will be headed by Tokyo-based George Borovas, who joins the US law firm from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.
The company is one of six insurers that pledged to invest £25bn in UK infrastructure projects over the next five years.
The UK airport group, partly owned by Australia’s IFM Investors , will use the proceeds to repay bank debt taken on when purchasing London Stansted Airport.