The Missouri pension's infrastructure target is now 3.5%.
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The deal follows its $2bn acquisition in April of one of the largest pipeline operators in Texas.
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The acquisition comes as shareholders also approved a €3.8bn capital increase to aid its offer for Abertis.
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The Infrastructure Financing Facilitation Office has attracted more than 70 industry stakeholders as it seeks to encourage investment in infrastructure.
The Japanese insurer has joined Dai-ichi Life in lending to Turkey’s Ikitelli Integrated Health Campus PPP.
The 144MW project would be one of the first of its kind in the world.
The ratings agency said tight budgets and risk management will lead more colleges and universities to enter public-private partnerships for campus developments.
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The OCC’s investigation could be the first step in dismantling the regulation that restricts a bank’s ability to invest in private equity.
The pair have boosted their stakes in the UK’s second-largest onshore wind site following an automatic dilution and have agreed a call option for a further 14.9%.
The two US investors are the new owners of Conergy Asia Pacific, which has served as the EPC contractor and O&M provider for 500MW of solar across the region.
Mersin is the first seaport investment in the Australian fund manager’s global infrastructure equity portfolio.
The US bank is calling the sum the ‘largest commitment by a global financial institution’.
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Atlanta-based research firm eVestment reports an 85% increase in real asset allocations over the past year.
The next step for bidders, including AECOM and Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate, is to submit financial plans by 10 August.