EISER Finance Limited (EISER) has reached financial close on a portfolio sale of assets to a fund managed by 3i Group plc (3i) from the EISER Global Infrastructure Fund (EGIF). As part of the original sales agreement with 3i, EISER’s existing investors in EGIF were offered the opportunity to choose
From a structuring perspective, infrastructure funds are most frequently established as either a limited partnership or a limited company. Partnerships are the familiar vehicle for private funds, whereas companies will be used for listed vehicles. Obviously there will be nuances, depending on the asset class and the type of investors
The demand for infrastructure funds remains evidently strong. Last year, these vehicles raised USD62.9 billion in aggregate based on figures provided by Preqin*. In Q1 2017, that number had already reached USD29.5 billion; nearly twice the amount raised in Q1 2016 (USD16 billion). “We’ve seen increasing interest in infrastructure deals,
Infrastructure has become a key area of focus for institutional investors as they look to diversify their fixed income portfolios to access longer term, resilient credit opportunities for income-like returns. Within this asset class, infrastructure debt is on the rise as investment managers look to construct new debt vehicles: either
Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has made an investment on behalf of its clients into the Balko Wind project (Balko Wind), a 300MW installed capacity wind farm located in Beaver County, Oklahoma. Affiliates of D E Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) own Balko Wind. AllianzGI provided funding to refinance Balko Wind’s existing
French onshore wind specialist ENGIE has strengthened its partnership with Crédit Agricole Assurances by absorbing the onshore wind portfolio of MAÏA EOLIS, acquired in May 2016, into the two groups’ joint venture FEIH. Under the agreement, the wind farms operated by MAÏA EOLIS – representing total installed capacity of 267
Eolus North America has signed an agreement to acquire a 60 per cent membership interest in Wind Wall Development, from ZCF Wind Wall. The company has also placed an order with Vestas securing wind turbine components sufficient to secure the ability to capture the full value of the PTC for
The online investment platform, SyndicateRoom, which allows individuals to invest alongside the professionals, has published its study ‘Rise of the Growth Hunters’.
Patricia Moore, (pictured) UK Head of Infrastructure for Turner & Townsend, has commented on the infrastructure points raised in the Autumn statement. “Infrastructure is clearly still a priority, with Philip Hammond reaffirming that it’s a powerful way of driving broad-based economic growth. We were never expecting a blank cheque, given
AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets has completed, on behalf of AXA Germany and AXA France, and in joint venture with Crédit Agricole Assurances, the acquisition of a 42 per cent stake in Atlandes, the concession-holder of the A63 motorway in South-West France. The vendor, InfraRed Capital Partners, an investment
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