With about eight investors set to back the vehicle, the French firm is aiming to conclude its investment in a 30MW Senegalese power project by December.
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The fund manager has added two new team members to its ranks in New York and one in London as it invests its debut fund.
The New Zealand funds have divested their combined 30% holding in petrol retailer Z Energy, making handsome returns in the process.
The Ministry of Finance is set to establish an infrastructure fund to cover the projects, which have a combined investment value of $5.5bn.
The Canadian company has closed on the $203.7m acquisition of three solar power plants in Ontario.
The new firm will also receive a £33m commitment from Helios and co-investment capital from Aurium and Foresight.
The firm is planning to launch a successor fund to EDIF upon completing the acquisition of a €900m Portuguese renewables business it just announced.
New OECD rules that would restrict interest payments being deducted against tax include an exemption for ‘public benefit projects’.
The Hong Kong-based power company has raised about $91m to develop renewable energy projects in India.
The $530m plan, which includes a $108m project in Nueva Leon, has made it into Mexico’s 2016 draft budget.
Stephen Paine is to join Deutsche Bank as global head of infrastructure and utilities, having spent over 20 years at the Swiss bank.
The London-listed infrastructure investment firm has announced its debut deal in the US by way of debt instruments underpinned by military housing PPPs.
The Malaysian sovereign fund is set to announce an official shortlist, which will likely include three international bidders and one domestic company, by the end of the month.
More than 30 private sector firms are eyeing a stake in the $67.5bn project, the first phase of which is expected to complete in 2029.
Latest figures show more capital being raised by fewer managers as LPs back follow-on vehicles.