A Bern-based development fund has joined multilaterals to invest in a $250m renewable energy vehicle focused on South and Southeast Asia.
The Australian firm has sold the only timberland asset in its portfolio, inherited in 2008 via a fund it acquired from Perpetual, to Canada’s Manulife.
American Midstream is buying 100% of JP Energy’s stock to create a combined midstream company focusing on North America’s largest oil fields.
Wissam Anastas, of Deutsche Alternative Asset Management Global, uses Jordan and Egypt as case studies to highlight the opportunities and challenges of the region's energy sector.
The £16.5bn proposal, hailed by its backers as a strong signal of openness for the British economy, still faces significant hurdles.
The unit is hoping to sign its first mandate with the group’s insurance company and will focus on senior investment-grade infrastructure debt.
The Asian country is looking to revamp its PPP framework in an effort to attract more overseas money to its infrastructure projects.
LP investment preference
The project manager has hired two in senior roles as it seeks to gain a greater foothold in the wind energy market.
A 1% rise in global infrastructure spending could help bring about a 1.2% boost in global GDP, fresh research suggests.
Recent people move
Paul Davies and Aaron Franklin, from Latham & Watkins, argue that Chinese issuers could attract more international investors if they made sure a portion of domestic bonds conform with international green bond standards.
The buyout firm is set to purchase 22 hospitals from Acadia in a deal spurred by a competition investigation.
The soon-to-be-privatised lender is helping the county of Kent replace 120,000 street lights in the largest such PFI project to date.
Moscow-backed RDIF and India’s NIIF will each contribute $500m to the new vehicle.