Matthieu Favas
A quarter of a century after making its infrastructure debut, AMP Capital closed its maiden global fund on $2.4bn at the end of last year. We sit down with infrastructure equity chief Boe Pahari to assess how the firm fits in relative to its peers.
The two direct investors are set to pay over £1.3bn for 26% of the UK’s largest water utility, the third asset to be exited by Macquarie’s second European fund.
The London-based firm will target real estate, infrastructure and renewables debt through strategies including secondaries and co-investments.
The PE-backed company listed the senior notes, which were more than three times oversubscribed, on the Irish Stock Exchange.
The 80MW plant, backed by the AFC, a Turkish energy group and Quantum Power, will be developed by an Abraaj subsidiary.
The UK insurer’s investment arm has brought together infrastructure debt and corporate private credit under a single unit.
The future shape of the two companies’ infrastructure franchises has yet to be decided after their boards agreed to create the UK’s largest asset manager.
The milestone, secured after 70% of existing investors committed to the new vehicle, comes days after the emerging markets firm established a 1.5GW Chile-based platform.
The eighth iteration of our annual awards are an homage to size and disruption after a year that saw no let-up in demand for the asset class, despite a fair amount of political surprises.
After setting a record low for Africa in a previous tender last year, the country is preparing to auction projects as part of a mandate it has granted to a World Bank unit.