Zak Bentley
It’s full-steam ahead for their first investment together as the pair agree to buy 413 trains to operate on the new West Midlands Trains franchise.
Marija Simpraga replaces Declan O’Brien as infrastructure strategist following his departure to UBS in October.
Concerns over asset renationalisation have pushed the Collective Investment Vehicle to pursue a more global approach to infrastructure.
The two UK-focused funds could potentially raise nearly £3bn if hard-caps are met.
The firm is looking to close its second series of fundraising on €1.1bn early next year.
The deal generated a nearly 10 times EBITDA multiple for the Dutch group, which is also close to selling its tower portfolio.
The Macquarie fund buys Warburg Pincus’s 72% stake in Inea, which owns the largest regional fibre network in the country.
The deal - which will Brookfield Asset Management buy German manager Lampe Equity Management - gives the Canadian manager's renewables platform a wind and solar portfolio of over 600MW spread across five funds.
The fund, which has made three investments to date, also exceeded its hard-cap by $24m.
Marguerite sells the energy holdings in France, Germany and Belgium and a toll road stake in Spain as it begins to exit its first fund and prepares to launch another €700m vehicle.