Michelle Phillips
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Though its new PPP law has yet to be implemented, the South Asian country has pushed forward with a $28m hospital PPP with help from Malaysia.
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The energy infrastructure-focused firm has opened its third office in the Asia Pacific, as it seeks to raise capital for an Asia fund carved out of its global one.
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The Russian government-backed fund has inked one of its first deals under the $1bn Russia-Japan infrastructure investment platform.
After several delays, the airport project has finally gotten its bidding process complete, and the government is preparing to open the bids today.
The city government of Kerala is trying once more to get its greenfield port project off the ground with a global PPP tender.
The private equity arm of the global bank has invested an additional $25m in an Indonesian power plant developer/operator, while helping it refinance $270m of debt.
The first Philippines PPP project to successfully change its initial structure now has four consortia vying for it under complete private financing.
Australia’s industry superannuation funds again credit their investment in infrastructure for out-performance versus the country’s retail funds.
The Sydney-based fund manager has agreed to buy out the entire project from the Royal Bank of Scotland, reportedly for A$255m.
With a strategy focused on emerging Asia’s infrastructure, the JV has already bought a minority stake in a Thai toll company from Singapore-based CapAsia for $132m.