Institutional investors will be solicited by developing countries’ governments to help plug infrastructure gaps and assist with energy strategy shifts, says IFC’s Bernie Sheahan.
The deal comes a few days after the Canadian pension partnered with PSP and Santander to co-own and manage a renewables and water portfolio valued at more than $2bn.
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S&P's Mike Wilkins expects public-private partnerships as well as transport and energy infrastructure projects to dramatically increase in 2015.
Strong fundamentals could help East Africa emerge on the radar of infrastructure investors this year, says AECOM's Matt Hallissey.
Significant dry powder in the market will push investors towards quasi-regulated assets, eastern Europe, and taking further construction and customer risk, says Alter Domus' James Brasher.
Fitch Ratings expects steady performance in the upcoming year for the LatAm infrastructure sector despite slowing growth in the region.
Healthier banks, growing debt funds and sophisticated institutional investors will provide the liquidity needed to improve terms on a number of deals, argue DIF’s Wim Blaasse and Allard Ruijs.
The persistence of low interest rates across most OECD markets will continue to attract more capital to infrastructure and put pressure on underperforming GPs, says IFM’s Brett Himbury.
Increased M&A activity, an expanded role for private equity in the sector and development banks’ changing mandate are among the key themes BMI’s Michelle Karavias singles out for 2015.
While 2015 will see little use of the PF2 scheme in the UK, emerging economies will become significant players in using PPPs to deliver infrastructure projects, says Clyde & Co's Liz Jenkins.
Foreign investors continue to be attracted by the strong cash flows UK assets typically generate, says BDO's Tomas Freyman.
Dedicated vehicles will continue to win most secondary deals this year as LPs wanting to rebalance their portfolios seek to sell fund stakes, predicts Sunaina Sinha of Cebile Capital.
Brussel’s ambitions to revive the region’s project pipeline and the industry’s efforts to build a robust benchmark will be on the radar of many investors this year, argues Meridiam’s Thierry Déau.
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This year will see a boost in investor interest for greenfield energy infrastructure projects, says Franklin Real Estate Advisors' Wilson Magee.