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The US firm has reached a second close onย Global Infrastructure Investors II, which is already more than twice as big as its predecessor.
The European firm now owns 99% of CATS, which in 2013 accounted for the transportation of 13% of UK domestic gas production.
UrbanWind targets landowners, farmers, agribusinesses, and community groups and helps develop wind turbines backed by the UKโ€™s feed-in-tariff scheme.
Normura Trust Bank says it like it is on itsโ€™ disappointing experience with alternatives appetite from institutional investors but stands ready to rise with infrastructure and a little help.
BlackRock Infrastructure has acquired a 90% stake in an 80MW wind portfolio from developer RPM Access.
The London-listed vehicle, which divested the asset through a competitive process, sees potential for cashing in on high valuations through ad-hoc disposals.
The San Francisco-based yieldco will acquire the Canadian power plant from its parent, who along with Samsung is developing the 100MW project.
PGGM has teamed up with EDF and Gingko Tree Investment to buy Madrileรฑa Red de Gas at a time when the US fund manager is seeking to cash in on assets held in its maiden fund.
The Australian fund manager has hired a director to grow its business in the region as it seeks to build on its existing partnerships with local institutions.
Experts speaking in Tokyo today agreed that reforms were necessary to encourage a greater share of Japanese capital to flow towards infrastructure projects.
Europe became the second most popular investment destination in Q1 2015.
The US firm's Fund II will invest in upstream and midstream assets with a focus on the US and Canada.
The Australian firm has made further moves to internationalise its business by naming two distinct distribution chiefs for Europe and the Middle East.
A consortium led by Fiera Axium Infrastructure has acquired a minority interest in eight operating wind farms in the US from EDP Renewables.
More than 45 investors have committed to ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund, the largest first-time infrastructure vehicle raised since 2009.
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