The listed NextEnergy Solar Fund has struck an £18m agreement for Suffolk’s Ellough facility and is now almost three-quarters allocated.
John Hughes, formerly one of the most senior infrastructure executives at Macquarie, has joined the mid-market fund manager’s investment committee.
Vietnam has entered a $3.5m agreement with French engineering company Egis and ministerial agency Adetef to boost infrastructure via a PPP framework.
The US fund manager and the UK private sector pension fund have agreed to buy a container terminal in Virginia from APM Terminals.
Capital Dynamics and Wattage Finance have also agreed to help finance three power plants owned by NTE Energy.
The energy infra-focused investment firm is partnering with FGE Power in the financing and building of two natural gas facilities in Texas.
London’s largest local government pension is also looking at sharing resources with fellow investors through an “asset liability partnership”.
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Axione Infrastructures has issued the first project bond involving digital infra in France and Europe. The project benefits from the EIB project bond initiative.
Even in Australia, the most promising of infrastructure markets, no one should assume an easy ride.
A project that aims to improve 25 miles of Virginia’s I-66 corridor is progressing as it enters the second stage of an environmental study.
The A$427bn asset manager intends to use its presence in Mexico as a stepping stone to venture further south.
The organisation, a major supporter of Russian infrastructure projects, has followed the EIB’s lead in calling a halt to activity in the country.
The Petra Nova Project has got senior debt financing from lenders including Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Mizuho Bank.
The Boston-based PE firm has hired Meketa’s Michael Dean as a principal on its secondary investment team to focus on real assets.
The Swiss manager has raised $380m out of the $2bn it is targeting for its second infra vehicle, after more than two years on the road.