In the midst of a company-wide rebranding, First Sentier Investors’ Niall Mills discusses European fundraising, US expansion and tightening regulation.
MidRail claims the Swiss firm has been 'unjustly enriched' at its expense through 'exploitation of MidRail's confidential information'.
Investors are also demanding better reporting from managers if they are to proceed with their ESG targets.
The fund will lend money to firms offering access to clean energy solutions for both households and business in emerging markets.
Wallace is replacing Blake Hutcheson, as he transitions to chief executive of the C$97bn Canadian pension fund, according to an internal memo.
The firm booked a £66m write-down on its Australian renewable energy assets last year due to changes in marginal loss factors and halted new investment, but is now considering exiting the sector altogether.
The UK government’s ‘infrastructure revolution’ could come with a change to how Treasury assesses projects’ value for money. That would help explain why the private sector’s role in it appears limited.
Taiwan Life and TransGlobe Life have acquired a minority stake in the 600MW Changfang and Xidao offshore wind project, while the Danish fund manager will retain its majority stake through the construction phase.
Julia Leung, the Hong Kong financial body's deputy chief exec, says asset managers in Asia tend to focus more on governance than environmental concerns.
The government has tabled a law decree to revoke the concessions of Autostrade per l’Italia, which it holds responsible for the deadly Morandi Bridge collapse in August 2018.
The third instalment of the manager's Renewable Energy Income Partnership series sees it pair up with the National Grid UK Pension Scheme.
Having raised $1bn more for GIF II than its predecessor, AMP Capital will seek to acquire 100% of assets when investing its latest fund, a spokeswoman for the Australian fund manager said.
But interest from the private sector was strong with 18 firms expressing interest in operating Lambert airport under a PPP agreement that would have generated $2bn in net proceeds for the city.
A model by Singapore’s Clifford Capital is the latest capital recycling practice in Asian infrastructure debt.
The creation of an infra-dedicated team is in response to infrastructure’s strong appeal, which made it the fastest-growing asset class in 2019, according to an internal memo.