Investors

The Swiss bank has laid out ambitious AUM targets for infrastructure and private equity after combining the asset classes with its bigger real estate business to form the Real Estate and Private Markets platform.

Europe’s busiest port has also received financing from Lloyds and RBS just over four years after its privatisation was blocked by the government.

The German firm has committed $1.5bn to toll roads in the past year and a half.

The US fund manager’s third global infrastructure vehicle attracted 191 LPs, about half of which were new investors.

The private-equity firm says it has so far deployed close to $6bn of equity in the asset class, with its president boasting returns ‘into the 40% IRR range’.

The emerging markets firm is targeting returns of up to 23% for the vehicle, which is poised to invest in an Ivorian hydro project in Q1.

Teaming up with French company Ideol, the developer will seek funding for the scheme and lead the selection of sites in the UK.

The country is showing goodwill after scrapping a tie-up with Singapore’s Changi Airport last year, which led it to relax foreign takeover rules.

The $1.5bn vehicle has allocated more than $200m to its first batch of projects, which includes an Indonesia geothermal plant and an Indian solar developer.

The Cricket Valley Energy Centre is leveraged with about 44% equity from investors including TIAA and 55% debt from a group of global finance institutions.

SunEdison's former yieldcos have been considering bids for months and Brookfield appears to be the top contender.

Nandita Parshad will be responsible for investing €2bn a year, about a quarter of the bank’s annual activity.

Investing alongside industry titan DONG, the Australian firm hopes to agree further deals in Taiwan’s offshore wind market in the next couple of years.

The World Bank’s insurance arm is providing coverage for a $119m fibre optic project that is part of a 35,000km network the country hopes to build by 2023.