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The tender could be the first in a series of auctions as the Indian government seeks to recycle capital into new projects by selling state-owned toll road concessions.
The advisory firm and placement agent is also planning to open a second Asia office in Singapore.
Fitch reported growing momentum for infrastructure funding but said a dry powder build-up could result in a lack of attractive deal opportunities.
The Old Mutual subsidiary will use its latest vehicle to invest in the โ‚ฌ125m facility, the first independent power project to feed into the West African countryโ€™s grid.
The two institutions, along with Alinda Capital, have committed $563m to create a joint venture operating in Texas's and New Mexicoโ€™s Delaware Basin.
The former transport minister stressed the apolitical nature of infrastructure legislation and said major projects remain in place.
The US endowment committed $35 million to two infrastructure funds
The UK firm is targeting a pipeline of deals including a 120MW ground-mounted project amid booming appetite for renewables Down Under.
In a guest post for Infrastructure Investor, World Bank Group CFO Joaquim Levy says multilateralsโ€™ provision of hard-currency liquidity facilities could do much to catalyse private investment into emerging market infrastructure.
The benchmarks show the asset classโ€™s resilience over the last decade and returns of nearly 15% for merchant infrastructure equity, the best performing segment in Europe.
The worldโ€™s largest carbon emitter is planning its first commercial-scale carbon capture and storage facility in a bid to delink its economic growth from coal-based fuel consumption.
The reshuffle at the top of the private markets team comes after the firm warned of lofty valuations in core infrastructure.
The concessions are expected to form part of what Saudi officials tout as a $200bn infrastructure privatisation programme, with all 27 of the countryโ€™s airports to be divested by 2020.
A consortium of international commerce chambers said the mooted framework would make it impossible to get foreign bank financing for the development of solar projects in the country.
Ever since Oaktreeโ€™s Howard Marks sounded the alarm on subscription line financing, criticism has rained down on an established product. We spoke to a number of GPs to separate fact from improbability.
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