Ashwin West, investment director, African Infrastructure Investment Managers, tells us what it took to get Mali’s first independent power project to cross the finish line.
The asset management arm of Munich Re and ERGO Group has already collected €200m in a first close for the new fund.
Investors are unhappy about the short time given to prepare the bids, which are due 14 February.
Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark said ‘it is clear that we need to consider a new approach to financing nuclear’, hoping to attract institutional capital.
The fund manager’s latest North America-focused vehicle is targeting 10-12 percent net IRRs and a yield of 4-6 percent.
The shortcomings of available performance data are making public market equivalents a more attractive benchmark.
The asset manager expects demand for data centres in China to be strong thanks to 5G and IoT technologies.
The London-headquartered investor says the deal will be ‘the first of many’ Down Under.
Protecting your firm’s information and data from thieves is important, and being prepared means having a plan in place.
Nordic manager CapMan is leading the acquisition from Macquarie’s Green Investment Group, which invested in the project in July.
Emerging markets specialist Actis has delayed the first close of its inaugural infrastructure fund and lowered the target for the vehicle to $1.5 billion, a source familiar with the matter told Infrastructure Investor. The source said decreasing the fundraising target from $2 billion was done, in part, to allow for more co-investment opportunities, in which […]
There are no signs President Trump and Congress are closing in on an agreement over the budget to resume work, and the shutdown comes at a time when the stock and bond markets have experienced volatility under the spectre of rising interest rates.
New York-based KKR and SemGroup, headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma, announced a partnership to build out oil and gas transportation services in Western Canada’s Montney Basin and will acquire Meritage Midstream for $449 million to seed the new venture. KKR committed $385 million to take a 49 percent stake in SemCAMS Midstream ULC, which will be […]
A former analyst in the manager’s European infra team is bringing charges against the firm and one of its European executive directors.
Jonathan Ord’s arrival from the UK’s Local Pension Partnership and GLIL Infrastructure marks Legal & General’s attempt to catalyse its equity capabilities.













