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PFA and PKA each acquire a 25% stake in the Walney Extension project, set to be the world’s largest offshore wind farm, from Orsted. The deal represents PFA’s largest single infrastructure investment and its first in offshore wind, as the pension looks to deploy some €7bn in private assets.
CDC was part of a nine-member IFC-led consortium lending $653 million for the 800MW Nubian Suns project.
It was always going to require a superhuman effort for third-quarter infrastructure fundraising to beat its 2016 counterpart, but the amount by which it fell short still managed to astonish. Last year, 18 funds closed for a combined record-breaking $24.7 billion. However, this amount would have been $14 billion lighter if not for Brookfield Infrastructure […]
When a consortium teaming the Plenary Group and The Walsh Group reached a deal in 2014 with Pennsylvania’s Department of Transportation to repair 558 structurally deficient bridges, the public-private partnership drew wide attention. For one, no project bundling this many assets had been undertaken in the US. The bridges are spread throughout Pennsylvania, a state […]
The Canadian pension fund partnered with New South Wales Treasury Corporation and Sunsuper Superannuation Fund in a move aimed at lowering its airport exposure.
A pioneering bundling PPP to repair 558 structurally deficient bridges in Pennsylvania is behind schedule. Andrew Vitelli explores whether governments should bundle or balk
The fund, backed by former basketball star Magic Johnson, again partners with a Meridiam-led consortium.
Shane Wilson, who joins the firm as a partner, has worked on projects in Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Armenia and is experienced in Islamic finance.
The firm has deployed 60% of its Fund IV, including the acquisition of LBC Tank Terminals, its first US deal.
The agency’s four-year plan contrasts with recent statements by President Trump, who claimed PPPs do not work.
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