April 2016
Note New study by EDHEC Infrastructure Institute-Singapore shows infrastructure firms have a unique, low volatility, high dividend payout profile
EDHEC Infrastructure Institute-Singapore (EDHECinfra), in partnership with the Long-Term Infrastructure Investors Association (LTIIA) has released a new paper entitled “Revenue and Dividend Payouts in Privately-Held Infrastructure (...)
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March 2016
News GLIL acquires £150m shareholding in UK windfarm
The infrastructure investment joint venture between Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) and London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) has entered a partnership to co-own one of the largest windfarms of its type in (...)
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March 2016
News EIB backs wind farm in Sweden with up to EUR 16 m
The European Investment Bank (EIB), Mirova and Eolus are co-investing in the construction of the Langmarken onshore wind farm located in Värmland County, Sweden. This is the first EIB project in Sweden under the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), at the heart of (...)
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September 2015
News Mirova raises €600 million and surpasses its initial target for its first brownfield Infrastructure fund, the Mirova Core Infrastructure Fund
Mirova, a wholly owned subsidiary of Natixis Asset Management dedicated to socially responsible investments across various asset classes, today announces that it is nearing the final close for its first brownfield infrastructure fund, the Mirova Core Infrastructure Fund SCS (...)
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March 2015
News Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Hermes Infrastructure intend to own 30% and 10% of Eurostar respectively
Patina Rail LLP, a consortium comprising Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”) and Hermes Infrastructure, part of Hermes Investment Management, has announced that they have agreed to acquire a 40% shareholding in Eurostar International Limited (“Eurostar”) from the UK (...)
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January 2015
News Greater Manchester Pension Fund and LPFA agree £500m infrastructure programme
The Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) and the London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) today announced the joint allocation of up to £500m to invest in infrastructure opportunities.
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November 2014
Innovation ECM to launch European Infrastructure Debt Fund
ECM Asset Management Ltd (‘ECM’), the multi-asset class traditional and alternative credit management specialist owned by Wells Fargo Asset Management (‘Wells Fargo AM’), announces the launch of a unique infrastructure debt investment platform including pooled vehicles and (...)
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November 2014
News IFC Issues First Masala Bonds in London, Attracting International Investment for Infrastructure in India
IFC, a member of the World Bank, issued a 10-year, 10 billion Indian rupee bond (equivalent to $163 million) to increase foreign investment in India, mobilizing international capital markets to support infrastructure development in the (...)
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October 2014
Note US Energy infrastructure: The MLP example
Among infrastructure assets, energy infrastructure assets such as pipelines, storage facilities or processing plants, are experiencing a rapid growth, especially in the USA. Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) have played a key role in facilitating investment in US energy (...)
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October 2014
Pedagogy Infrastructure : A Growing asset class
Even if infrastructure investments shares some of the characteristics with fixed income (long term predictable yield), real estate (investing in physical assets) and private equity (leverage is used), its popularity is increasing among (...)
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October 2014
Strategy ACOFI Management has just launched a fund dedicated to energy infrastructures : Transition Energétique France
In terms of performance, the fund objective is to provide an IRR (internal rate of return) between 8% and 10% with a 8 years investment horizon, taking into account a recurring cash revenue given an 5% annual coupon (...)
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October 2014
Note Average Infrastructure Fund Size Tops $1bn, Highest Since 2007
Preqin’s latest research shows that infrastructure funds that have reached a final close so far this year have raised $1bn in capital on average, representing the highest average fund size seen since 2007, when funds raised an average of (...)
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October 2014
Note Massive infrastructure investment needed to meet future demand, says OECD
Governments must act today to ensure that the infrastructure needed in 2020-2030 will be planned, developed and operational in time, according to a new OECD report.
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October 2014
News North Tarrant express now open to drivers
As a unique public-private partnership (P3), and the first Comprehensive Development Agreement project signed in the state of Texas in 2009, the NTE project serves as a financial model for other P3 projects.
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October 2014
News World Bank Group Launches New Global Infrastructure Facility
Move paves way for institutional investors to help fill infrastructure gaps in developing world: US$1 trillion a year in extra investment needed through 2020.
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