The two pensions have increased their stake in Spain’s second-largest gas transportation business, which Goldman Sachs had put on sale last year.
Canadian pension manager PSP Investments and a Mexican airport operator purchased Oaktree’s 50% interest.
The AFC’s Andrew Alli and the BCG’s Luis Gravito highlight several possible paths for attracting fresh funding and financing to African projects.
A history of being domiciled in Luxembourg makes managers well placed to deal with Brexit-related turbulence.
The $650m financing package is backed by a Japan-led consortium of eight commercial lenders, with $220m in equity to be provided by the project sponsors.
The move comes after the unit’s parent company formed two partnerships to target Indian renewables and stressed infrastructure projects.
Shifting from their longstanding focus on deploying balance-sheet resources, MDBs are now looking for ways to engage the private sector in developing-world infrastructure projects.
The asset manager, run by Ashmore co-founder Jerome Booth, has launched a unit that will focus on ‘de-risking’ renewable projects.
The Singapore-based firm is expanding its portfolio in the country while undertaking a ‘strategic review’ of its 4.7GW portfolio of operational projects across Asia.
The investment will help a Morgan Stanley-controlled wind developer build the second phase of a 150MW project in southern India.
The move is the German firm’s third in the sector and its second with PGGM-backed developer UPP.
The Dutch firm has made its third large-scale solar investment in the country shortly after launching its fifth flagship fund.
The private income allocation category has already surpassed the $700m target the Alaskan sovereign fund set for fiscal year 2017.
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China’s $810bn sovereign wealth fund is stepping up efforts to make direct investments after backing an Aussie port and a Brazilian pipeline network.
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The world’s third-largest pension fund is actively hiring investment professionals in its overseas offices.