Kalliope Gourntis
Interest is strong in a collection of projects being mooted by Michigan.
The city’s five public pension funds have committed $300m to Brookfield Infrastructure Fund II.
While activity remains subdued in the transportation and logistics sectors, infrastructure mega deals continue to drive deal value PwC report finds.
Hisham Mahmoud will assume the newly created position of group president, infrastructure at the Canadian engineering company in early 2014.
The Dallas-based PE firm will build, own and operate a natural gas-fuelled generating station that will serve the greater Maryland/Washington DC metro area.
The Nordic country’s sovereign wealth fund should set aside $200 billion to invest in infrastructure and private equity in developing countries, according to international think tank Re-Define.
The international law firm cites the country’s growth-driving energy sector as a factor.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s infrastructure portfolio shrunk 0.5 percent in Q1 of its 2014 fiscal year.
Four road projects worth $3.56bn will help boost growth and competitiveness in the Meta region.
S&P says project default rates have risen since 2007, primarily in the US power sector.