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The France-based business school aims to attract more investors to the asset class through benchmarking and education.
The European firm is said to be working on appointing sell-side advisers as it gears up to divest its interest in the oil storage group.
The German fund manager’s new vehicle will invest 75% of capital raised in unlisted funds, with the remainder channelled to direct investments.
Melbourne Metro, a A$10.9bn project, is expected to generate returns of up to A$1.5 for every dollar invested.
The Australian lender, which hoped to sell the fund manager for more than A$500m, is said to have received bids that were far below its expectations.
The New York-based firm is more than halfway towards meeting its final target of $300m.
The network that will advise countries interested in PPPs in a bid to plug an estimated $10-$20trn infra investment gap by 2030.
Sean McLachlan joins the insurer’s asset management arm from Balfour Beatty at a time when the firm seeks to grow its yield-focused investment offering.
The largest state-regulated leasing business in China is seeking to raise about $130m through a public offering in Hong Kong.
The $27m transaction is the first asset-backed security arranged by a foreign sponsor in Japan’s solar sector.
The three Canadian pension funds acquiring the 7.8-mile toll road have reached the milestone within three months since the $2.8bn transaction was announced.
Commitments by the Strathclyde Pension Fund and the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund helped propel the renewables developer to its hard-cap.
The €100m vehicle is expected to be invested in road and hospital PPPs across the country.
The Canadian pension has acquired 12 conventional hydro plants generating 1.4GW.
The disposals account for one-third of the developer’s three-year €15 billion asset rotation programme.