Jared Waldron has joined Northleaf Capital. The Toronto company is raising its debut infrastructure fund.
1 min read · 15 January 2013
The firm’s first energy mezzanine fund collected nearly double its $750m target and has already made six investments in both power generation and oil and gas assets.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
Philippe Benaroya, Chris Wrenn and Gilles Lengaigne – who worked together at Blackstone/GSO for over 10 years – are launching BlackRock’s European infrastructure debt Investment unit in London. The team will target investment grade infrastructure debt investments for insurers and other investors.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Gen2 Partners expects to form a partnership with London-listed China Private Equity Investments to address growing European investor interest in China.
1 min read · 14 January 2013
Indiana has picked Walsh Investors, VINCI and Bilfinger Berger to handle its side of the Ohio River Bridges Project. The team promised to finish the job for less cost and ahead of schedule.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The special situations firm’s latest pan-Asian vehicle was oversubscribed and has now deployed around one-third of its capital.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
Founded in 2009 by senior members of the Lehman Brothers Asia special situations group, SSG's latest pan-Asian vehicle was oversubscribed and has now deployed around one-third of its capital.
2 min read · 14 January 2013
The new procurement model set to be unveiled in the UK Chancellor’s autumn statement may not herald the flow of new projects that private investors are hoping for. Introducing more widespread charging on the country’s roads could change that, but would constitute political dynamite.
8 min read · 15 January 2013
In his first term, Governor Luis Fortuño reinvented Puerto Rico as a pioneering infrastructure state in order to stave off fiscal ruin. Now fighting for re-election, the erstwhile corporate lawyer is adamant: privatisation is here to stay—and Puerto Rico is proof. Chris Glynn reports
8 min read · 15 January 2013
Carlos Robles Gil, managing director at Boston Infrastructure Investments (B2i), examines the prospects for Mexican infrastructure during Peña Nieto’s administration.
7 min read · 15 January 2013
