The deal turns Mitsubishi into the first Japanese company operating an overseas offshore transmission cable. Macquarie sold its 50 percent stake in the UK’s £105m Walney 1 project.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
Carlyle’s buyout of Churchill Financial highlights an opportunity to back mid-market lenders, a segment that can benefit from more private equity players, says Monroe Capital's Ted Koenig.
4 min read · 15 January 2013
The bankrupt parent company of American Airlines had $389m-worth of unfunded exposure to private equity funds as of 31 December. It’s not clear if the company will continue to meet capital calls through bankruptcy proceedings.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
Portugal’s PPP liabilities – most of them in the transport sector – represent a staggering 14% of GDP. The country’s roads agency, which doles out payments to concessionaires, is threatening to go bust in 2014. Bruno Alves takes a peak at a worrying future
8 min read · 15 January 2013
Fresh off a high-profile acquisition, AIMCo boss Leo de Bever took time to talk to Chris Glynn about a ‘boring’ business: infrastructure investing
6 min read · 15 January 2013
Thomas Putter, former co-head of Allianz’s alternative assets business and a pioneer of renewable energy infrastructure investing, believes the world has changed irrevocably. For limited partners, this means the need to think hard about what the infrastructure asset class really is. And for fund managers, it means preparing for a backlash from disaffected stakeholders.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
What does the ongoing turbulence in the Eurozone mean for fund managers? Infrastructure Investor gathered six investment professionals in London to discuss – and to find out how it has influenced their approach to deal financing, target sectors, fundraising and more.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corporation and private equity firm the Blackstone Group have emerged as the investors in a joint venture with troubled property developer Greentown China, according to a source close to the matter.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
If you are looking for some positive news in Europe (and chances are you will be), how is this for a message: “Private equity real estate funds, we need you. Love, Germany’s biggest pension fund. PERE Magazine, December 2011 issue.
4 min read · 15 January 2013
New research from Clairvue Capital Partners reveals that, in an illiquid market, opportunities in two forms of special situations investments – recapitalisations and secondaries – are rising. PERE Magazine, December 2011/January 2012 issue.
7 min read · 15 January 2013
