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 agency has affirmed bonds issued by the GIP-owned airport at ‘BBB+’, underlining a recent pick-up in traffic at the London hub.
Major utilities have shelved or closed 22GW of capacity over the last 18 months, instead redirecting investments towards developing markets.
The London IPO comes in the wake of four renewable energy fund listings in the last year.
The UK investor, which doubled its target allocation to the asset class last June, is the first local pension to back the asset manager’s REaLM strategies.
The joint venture, which now handles a 60MW portfolio, recently announced a doubling of its commitment to Italian solar to €75m.
Ex-Saur Group executive Olivier Brousse will succeed Adrian Ewer, who announced his intention to retire last year.
Investors could reap the benefits from an infrastructure boom in the Gulf – provided local governments get their act together.
The deals mark an active start to the year for the firm, which also acquired incremental stakes in three existing investments and disposed of interests in two projects this week.
Royal London Group has confirmed it is in discussion with the UK’s National Association of Pension Funds over joining its £2bn infrastructure vehicle.
The French manager has bought a stake in the country's largest independent gas distribution company, just a few weeks after snapping up a local electricity network in Finland.