Michelle Phillips

The global private equity giant has hired Tony Schultz to lead its energy and infrastructure team in Asia from Sydney.

The north Asian country has had the project in the works since 2011, and may finally be able to bring an international consortium in to complete the $1.2bn job.

The government is seeking international bidders to cooperate with domestic firms to build and operate a waste plant in Kuala Lumpur.

Uniquest has bought a majority stake in a domestic Indian tollway company for an undisclosed amount.

The two fund managers are hoping that the first plants developed out of the JV will be operational before the end of the year.

The failed bidding for the country’s largest PPP project has prompted the government to revise its terms.

The Zug-based manager has raised its largest global infrastructure fund to date, and expects to grow its infrastructure platform the fastest.

The first tranche of one of Afghanistan’s largest infrastructure projects is holding a rebidding for private sector bidders to supply loading equipment.

The government of the central Asian country has named a new head to its PPP Centre, after rolling out six projects over six years.

The PPP Centre of the Philippines saw its budget reduced by almost 8x after having built up a $62 million augmentation fund over the past two years.