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A platform launched this year as a key part of Infracapitalโ€™s ยฃ1 billion ($1.2 billion; โ‚ฌ1.1 billion) greenfield fund has added a further 16.1MW of French solar-power capacity to its portfolio. Infram Energy, established by Infracapital and Ireland-based developer Amarenco in January, has signed a long-term debt facility arranged by The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ [โ€ฆ]
Managers and investors are reacting to increased competition and tightening spreads in certain parts of the market with new strategies and products.
Dai-ichi Life and Nippon Life are among the investors in the $88m issuance, which will fund environmental projects in the capital.
Infram Energy, which launched earlier this year, now has more than 95MW of capacity in its portfolio.
The Q3 Fundraising Report takes a close look at key fundraising data from the year so far. While Q3 fundraising fell well short of last yearโ€™s record-breaking total, the diversification of opportunities amid success for first-time funds may hint at a new dawn for infra capital. View the report now to find out more.
The developing world posted $36.7bn in private sector infrastructure investment in the first half of 2017, well below average but an improvement on last yearโ€™s numbers.
The flotation would place a ยฃ6bn valuation on the British telecoms company owned by CPPIB, MEIF2, IFM Investors, First State Investments and MTAA.
While Q3 fundraising fell well short of last yearโ€™s record-breaking total, having a debt fund raise the most amount of capital amid success for first-time funds may hint at a new dawn for infrastructure capital.
The countryโ€™s market for public-private partnerships has grown by $437bn in the first half of this year.
The firmโ€™s third infrastructure vehicle is expected to reach its $7bn hard-cap in early 2018, with Fund II close to being fully invested.
The money, split between outside and existing SMA investors, would add to the PFIโ€™s $20bn anchor commitment
Royal Bank of Scotland and Investec were members of a banking consortium that restructured the financing arrangement for two CIP biomass plants.
The Singaporean SWF teams up with Goldman Sachs for a stake in Tokyo-based energy generation developer JRE.
A second core infra vehicle will help broaden its LP base, while the planned Eurofideme-4 will seek to finance the wider energy transition.
While Q3 fundraising fell well short of last yearโ€™s record-breaking total, the diversification of opportunities amid success for first-time funds may hint at a new dawn for infrastructure capital.
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