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It took 43 years for sponsors to take the Umbulan scheme through its early development stage, a milestone now achieved despite recent legislation deemed adverse to PPPs by insiders.
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Abu Dhabi’s Ghantoot Group will reap $147m from selling part of Utico to ASMA Capital, a manager backed by the IDB and two Saudi institutions.
Tages Group has secured a €162m debt package from five French and Italian banks to refinance 55.4MW of installed solar plants in Italy.
Political risk is a perennial infrastructure talking point, but this year’s stunning electoral upsets served as a reminder of just how disruptive voters can be.
FEIH, the pair’s three-year-old tie-up, will absorb the assets operated by ENGIE-owned developer Maia Eolis into its 810MW portfolio.
A team led by Indonesia’s Star Energy is set to buy the US major’s geothermal assets in two countries in a deal reportedly valued at $3bn.
The transaction will allow Spain’s Abertis to enter the Indian market at a time when it is looking to expand its Asian footprint.
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Former domestic alternatives division head Lee Su-Cheol will replace Yang Young-Sig, who left the world's third-largest pension last month.
Funds raised in the 2000s are reaching the end of their lives, but not every LP wants its money back. In 2017, innovative structures will continue to be created to keep the remainers on board.
Renewables auctions from Canada to Chile are growing in number and provide investors with a chance to lay their hands on a large number of contracts to develop clean energy assets.
The US and Canada go into 2017 after an uptick in infrastructure investments last year. That's likely to continue, but the path will probably look different for each country.
In addition to mega-privatisations, Australia counts a solid pipeline of large-scale, complex PPP projects. Notwithstanding wobbles on the political front, transport and healthcare are set to benefit in 2017.
The Californian pension made the move to generate additional cash flows in what it described as a 'very challenging environment'.
The new vehicle will be used to acquire assets, including Belfast City Airport and a UK utility, from an EISER fund that is nearing the end of its life.
The firm has divested 14.3% of the business, which it originally invested in in 2005, through what it described as an ‘over-subscribed offering’.