Australia’s competition watchdog said Brookfield’s Global Transition Fund would have a ‘strong imperative and commercial incentive to lower emissions quickly’, outweighing vertical integration concerns.
Morrison & Co’s Steven Fitzgerald said the investment is consistent with its decarbonisation thematic and ‘fundamentally’ has the characteristics of infrastructure.
The sale is being run in steps, with the first round of about $500m recently closed and pricing coming in at more than 90% of NAV.
The ACCC’s decision to oppose Transurban’s EastLink bid shows it has become serious about toll road competition.
Selling assets at a premium should help placate investors worried about HICL’s discounted share price, InfraRed’s Edward Hunt tells us.
The manager will invest in Chow Energy to help develop its 1GW solar pipeline, as it eyes future investments in the country.
The decision is the first time the ACCC has blocked a Transurban toll road deal and opens the door for other investors to acquire a majority stake in EastLink.
H2 specialist Hy24 has co-led a €1.5bn equity raise for a green steel plant that will include Europe’s first giga-scale electrolyser.
The ‘first-of-a-kind’ tax credit sale – fueled by the Inflation Reduction Act – is likely to be the first of many in a budding matchmaking service between big banks and renewable tax credit buyers.
The investment in Zenobe sees it place capital ‘across two of the largest decarbonisation market opportunities in infrastructure’, according to KKR.