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The country plans to spend $115bn on railway investment this year in a bid to grow the network to 150,000km by 2020.
A pair of renewable firms from the US and Japan have locked down financing for a smaller project as they look to build 1GW of green energy capacity in the Asian country.
The emerging markets firm has yet to hold a first close on the vehicle, which is backed by the likes of New York's TRS and Texas' ERS.
The second phase of the nine-mile subway extension has secured a total of $2.4bn to finance its construction.
Buyout firm Ciclad and the holdings of a French entrepreneur have also acquired the rights to run the port of Rouen, reportedly trumping a rival offer by Eiffage.
A quartet comprising DCNS, the Bpifrance-supported SPI fund, Technip and BNP Paribas hopes to create a leading tidal developer both in France and abroad.
The JPMorgan-owned power producer has bought a collection of assets in Spain from Centerbridge, with an agreement to explore further deals alongside the US investment firm.
The countryโ€™s capital market watchdog is looking to pave a smoother path for domestic institutions to invest in the REIT and infra trust markets, which it says could grow to a combined $25bn in a year.
The US airline and bank will redevelop Terminals C and D at LaGuardia Airport, investing around $300m in equity and around $3.6bn of debt financing.
Walking in the footsteps of the $4bn LaGuardia modernisation project, the plan is to rebuild terminals and provide transit improvements that will increase efficiency at the US' fifth-largest hub.
Higher energy prices and lesser security threats will allow Sub-Saharan infrastructure construction to perk up in 2017, a report finds, with Nigeria singled out as a likely powerhouse.
The potential shift to define local authority pension funds as retail investors by upcoming legislation is โ€˜counterintuitiveโ€™, according to the UKโ€™s pension fund association.
Investing through its European renewables platform Vortex, EFG Hermes has teamed up with a Malaysian utility to buy 365MW of solar projects from the defunct developer's yieldco.
The Manila-based multilateral has kicked off the year by issuing a $4bn bond, about $640m of which was snapped up by institutional investors.
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