Fundraising

Hoping to expand its infrastructure debt platform beyond Europe, the asset manager has sent two executives to New York to test the waters.

The Dutch firm has closed its fourth vehicle on its revised hard cap after less than six months on the trail.

Evan Nahnsen, who until recently served as senior investment officer at the $165.5bn pension system, has joined AMP’s infra debt team in New York.

The new Midland Metropolitan hospital in England’s West Midlands, for which Carillion was named preferred bidder, has been given planning consent.

With the sale process set to enter a new phase in the coming days, consortia involving the likes of Macquarie, Allianz and OTPP are said to be looking at the £2bn opportunity.

A fresh report suggests regulatory and policy reform will create a strong flow of opportunities in the sector for infrastructure investors.

The French fund manager has lately deployed capital at an accelerated pace, with two deals closed in as many weeks.

The fund, which has a €300m target, is closing in on investment agreements in Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire and Madagascar.

The New York-based advisory firm has formed a new company focused on real assets that will count Soros Fund Management and Pine Brook among its shareholders.

The private equity firm has teamed up with Spain’s Jenner Renewables to initially focus on Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa.

The Oslo City Court has decided in favour of the Norwegian state in a case brought by investors affected by a pipeline tariff reduction.

The agreement follows a $150m equity investment the institution made in the business jointly with its Global Infrastructure Fund last May.

As offshore projects ramp up in size and move further away from land, building them becomes increasingly complex and capital-hungry. But Roland Chalons-Browne, CEO of Siemens Financial Services, reckons well-structured projects can still be bankable.

The European fund manager has hired two directors shortly after buying an additional stake in FPS, a telecom tower business.

The UK solar investment firm has raised the gross proceeds from its latest issuance of shares on the London Stock Exchange.