The partners will develop and finance a 600MW renewable energy portfolio in sub-Saharan Africa.
The investment manager is targeting a €300 million final close for its second renewables fund in Q3.
The asset class is suffering less than the wider equities market, but investor fright takes toll on blue-chip names.
Infrastructure investors underline their portfolios are relatively insulated – but the UK’s leap in the dark leaves many deeply concerned.
In a highly competitive infrastructure market, pre-emption rights can be of enormous value – or a great source of difficulty. Berwin Leighton Paisner’s Mark Richards and Tim Sumner tell us when LPs should seek to exercise them.
The two financiers have pooled assets including Ghana’s Kpone and Kenya’s Lake Turkana projects into a unit capable of supplying 30 million people.
IFC affiliates and two fund managers have backed the developer as it seeks to expand Lekela Power, a joint venture it launched last year alongside Actis.
Blackstone Europe chairman Gerry Murphy, who succeeds Quadriga Capital’s Max Römer, will focus on transparency and reputation during his tenure.
Pat Eilers joins from Madison Dearborn Partners to build a team – and eventually new products – focused on North American conventional power.
The state's Treasury has appointed a banker as its first debt manager and tapped a former exec of the University of Connecticut’s endowment as interim investment chief.
The Russian sovereign fund has also raised debt from Gazprombank to undertake a healthcare project in St. Petersburg.
The UK's green bank and the asset manager will invest in the Northern Irish facilities as part of Foresight’s recycling and waste fund.
The firm will buy the French district heating business from the US asset manager amid ongoing fundraising for its second European vehicle.
After holding a fifth close on its third renewable fund, Luxcara has purchased two UK solar assets generating a combined 19.5MW.
The move comes shortly after the European lender and the Beijing-based AIIB announced their inaugural joint deal.