The UK specialist insurance group has now committed almost £150m backing two such deals.
The publication of official guidelines to enact the 2012 PPP law comes as the government prepares to bid out $1.14bn worth of public projects.
Redistribution of tax proceeds from federal to state government should help drive more privatisations.
The transaction will allow the Spanish group to deleverage by €763m, meaning it will bring its overall debt burden below €5bn.
QIC’s multi-billion-dollar divestment of infrastructure in and around Brisbane in Australia is expected to complete by the end of April.
James Wardlaw, head of infrastructure at Campbell Lutyens, thinks 2014 could see the emergence of an infrastructure industry body – in a context where the end of quantitative easing will prompt both questions and innovation.
Michael Halford, head of funds at King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin, expects continued investor appetite and a rosier environment for exits next year – with the pendulum potentially swinging back towards fund managers.
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Valeria Rosati, Europe lead at Hastings Funds Management, believes competition for assets will remain strong in 2014 – a year that should also see infrastructure debt and secondaries gain greater prominence.
Jason Clatworthy, infrastructure M&A partner at Deloitte, tells Infrastructure Investor how he expects the sector to evolve in 2014
Boosted by strong demographics and a drive towards economic diversification, the region should see a steady stream of deals in 2014, says EC Harris partner Tim Risbridger.
Alain Carrier, head of infrastructure at CPPIB, says evolving macro-economic conditions will be a large part of the equation next year – with prices for infrastructure assets likely to reach their peak.
PE firm Panda Power Funds has acquired a second natural-gas fuelled plant located near the Marcellus Shale, after buying Liberty in August.
Brookfield Infrastructure along with other institutional investors will acquire a stake in VLI, one of Brazil’s largest rail and port logistics businesses.
The PE firm, through an affiliate, has set up a new company focusing on energy infrastructure in Central America and the Caribbean.
Summit Midstream’s general partner will buy the equity interest Blackhawk Midstream currently holds in the Utica Shale gathering system.