Exclusive Intelligence

Peru structures school PPP

PROPRIETARY

Peru’s private investment agency ProInversion, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, is set to launch a PPP for the improvement of schools in Cusco

SDCL invests €100m in Empact, Germany

PROPRIETARY

SDCL has invested around €100 million in German company Empact, through its Green Energy Transition Fund

Cinven to acquire majority in Spanish education group

PROPRIETARY

Cinven has agreed to partner with founder, Jesus Nunez, and Mubadala Investment Company, to acquire a majority stake in UAX from CVC Funds

Igneo to acquire City Green Light, Italy

PROPRIETARY

Igneo Infrastructure Partners is to acquire 100% of the share capital of City Green Light – Italy’s leading independent public lighting and smart city operator

Clifford Capital markets its biggest Infra ABS

PROPRIETARY

Clifford Capital Holdings has mandated banks for its seventh infrastructure asset-backed securities issuance, Bayfront IABS VII, as the Singapore-headquartered infrastructure lender continues to deepen its securitisation programme

More bidders revealed for Idex sale, France

EXCLUSIVE

At least 4 companies are considering making a bid for Antin Infrastructure Partners-owned French district heating company Idex, IJGlobal can reveal

Blackstone eyes Idex acquisition, France

EXCLUSIVE

Blackstone will bid for French district heating company Idex, IJGlobal can reveal

UPDATE: Ardian raises $20bn for sixth fund, Europe

PROPRIETARY

Ardian has reached final close on its sixth flagship infrastructure fund at its €11.5 billion hard cap – with the total fundraise including co-investment – bringing the platform to $20 billion

NBOs for Viridor sale imminent, UK

PROPRIETARY

Non-binding bids for UK-based waste-to-energy company Viridor are due tomorrow

IJGlobal League Tables Q3 – PPPs make tentative comeback

EXCLUSIVE

Infrastructure finance was down in the first 9 months of 2025 when compared to the same time period last year

Target revealed on Ardian secondaries fund

EXCLUSIVE

Ardian is looking to raise the largest infrastructure secondaries fund to date with a $7 billion target for its latest strategy, IJGlobal can reveal

A&M taps AFRY talent for Asia infra push

EXCLUSIVE

Global advisory firm Alvarez & Marsal has poached a senior executive from AFRY to bolster its infrastructure and capital markets practice in key markets in Asia Pacific, IJGlobal can reveal

Analysis & Case Studies

IJGlobal Podcast – Infrastructure Finance in Asia and the...

IJGlobal APAC editor Manju Dalal talks to 2 leading lights from HSBC – Gregoire Bouzereau and Justo Alejandro Algaba – about the bank's next phase of growth, with a primary focus on the Asia Pacific region...

Infrastructure – you’re in the army now…

Defence is no stranger to the infrastructure community, but sources this week are hinting that it’s being locked and loaded for a return to the mainstream

Equitix – the European expansion

As part of its wider European investment strategy, UK-based manager Equitix in June closed its second Europe-focused infrastructure fund at €1.4 billion in total commitments as it continues its continental expansion

Chile's Los Rios-Los Lagos hospital PPPs

The Los Rios-Los Lagos hospitals package reached financial close in February 2025, taking 5 years from announcement to final signing and overcoming significant hurdles to get construction underway.

Other News

Closed Loop provides loan to US recycling facility

Closed Loop Partners has deployed a multi-million-dollar catalytic loan to a materials recovery facility in Connellsville, Pennsylvania

GFL Environmental acquires Plummer’s, US

Apollo-backed GFL Environmental has acquired Michigan-headquartered Plummer’s Environmental Services

RFP for student housing P3, Alberta

Northwestern Polytechnic has issued an RFP for the DBFOM of student housing on NWP-owned land

FSDEA, TDB ink export, trade MoU, Angola

The Angola Sovereign Wealth Fund has signed an MoU with Trade and Development Bank Group to establish the Angola Export and Trade Development Facility

Swiss Life Asset Managers acquires Educare stake, Spain

Swiss Life Asset Managers has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Educare, a Madrid-headquartered education services provider operating 8 schools across the city

Australia backs Plenary Southeast Asia fund

The Australian government’s SEAIFF has committed $50 million to Plenary’s fund focusing on Southeast Asia investments

Just Group increases infra investment, UK

Just Group has invested a combined £255 million in 3 infrastructure providers – Vantage Towers, Adapteo Group and Nordiqus – expanding its portfolio across digital, social and sustainable assets

Enpal secures €700m ABS facility

German residential solar and heat pump provider Enpal has set up a €700 million ABS warehouse with UK investment manager M&G to accelerate the roll-out of Enpal's embedded financing solution for residential solar and heating

Amro, Aviva form JV for student housing in Germany

Amro Partners and Aviva Investors have forged a joint venture partnership and launched a dedicated platform focused on investment into purpose-built student accommodation across Germany

PenSam awards AllianzGI infra mandate

Danish pension fund PenSam has awarded a mandate to Allianz Global Investors to invest €300 million in global infrastructure projects over an initial 3-year period, with a focus on European assets

Aviva, Astatine launch industrial energy transition platf...

Aviva Investors has partnered with Irish energy infrastructure specialist Astatine to establish a European industrial energy transition platform targeting up to €800 million of investment

Indonesia eyes debut CNH SEC-registered bond sale

The Republic of Indonesia has mandated Bank of China, HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank as joint lead managers and joint bookrunners for its planned inaugural CNH-denominated SEC-registered bond, according to a mandate announcement seen by IJGlobal

NIB finances Kristianstad justice centre, Sweden

The Nordic Investment Bank has signed a SEK 1 billion, 14-year loan agreement with Intea Fastigheter to co-finance a justice centre in Kristianstad, Sweden

VLS acquires US waste solutions companies

VLS Environmental Solutions has acquired IWU and AA Sydcol, providers of waste management solutions in the US

Bids in for Paraguay’s school PPP

Paraguay’s Ministry of Public Works and Communications has received 3 bids for the concession of 17 schools as part of the Weaving Support for Educational Excellence Project

Reports



IJGlobal League Tables Q3 2025 – PPPs make tentative come...

EXCLUSIVE

Infrastructure finance was down in the first 9 months of 2025 when compared to the same time period last year

IJGlobal League Tables H1 2025 – infra finance stumbles

The first half of 2025 saw a significant decrease in infrastructure financing, IJGlobal’s Infrastructure and Project Finance League Table Report shows

IJGlobal League Tables Q1 2025 – primary financing resurg...

In a quarter that saw a decrease of infrastructure finance, some 20% down when held against the same time period last year, there was – however – a significant increase in primary financing

IJGlobal Regional Reports – FY 2024

IJGlobal today pulls together a final piece on international infrastructure financing from over the course of the 2024 calendar year, combining all data gathered from the regional reports

IJGlobal FY24 Funds and Investors League Tables

While the news for full-year 2024 was dominated by consolidation across the infra fund community, fundraising has continued undaunted to achieve a respectable level of activity

IJGlobal League Tables FY24 – refi dominates

IJGlobal’s full-year 2024 data for greenfield infrastructure and energy transactions show a marked improvement on the previous year, however a good deal of the activity is dominated by debt refinance

Funds & Investors Report FY24 – slow and steady

Full year 2024 proved to be the least active in recent times for fundraising by closed-ended, unlisted infrastructure funds, capping off the 12-month period with the second worst quarter since the start of 2020

Funds & Investors Report Q3 2024 – smaller funds rule

Fundraising by the global infrastructure fund community – despite having performed poorly in the third quarter – has performed more consistently over the first 9 months of the year when compared to previous years