Latest Funds News
Kyotherm issues green bond, France
SMBC, ARA launch infra fund, Asia Pacific
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp and Singapore-based ARA Asset Management have set up an Asia-Pacific infrastructure fund focused on renewables
MUFG, Liquidity Group form new equity fund
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has announced the establishment of a new equity fund worth with the lender committing up to $500 million to the new entity
Renewi rejects takeover offer from Macquarie, UK
UK waste-to-product company Renewi has rejected a £636 million takeover proposal from Macquarie Asset Management
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Aidon to acquire smart metering business, Finland
Renewables EuropeNordic smart grid and metering solutions provider Aidon has agreed to acquire Enerim’s smart meter operations business in Finland
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Serentica secures funding for hybrid projects, India
Renewables Asia PacificIndia’s Serentica Renewables has secured Rs 5600 crore in debt funding from 2 public sector lenders – REC and Power Finance Corporation Limited
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John Laing acquires 5 HICL assets, UK
Power EuropeJohn Laing Group has agreed to acquire HICL Infrastructure’s entire equity interest in 4 UK PPP projects and a 37.5% stake in the Hornsea II offshore transmission assets for £204 million
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Beatty hangs up KPMG spurs, Canada
Transport North AmericaToronto-based KPMG partner Stephen Beatty is hanging up his spurs and retiring from the firm’s Canada partnership at the end of this week, having spent the last 31 years at that level
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LBP and CNP launch debt fund, France
Renewables EuropeLa Banque Postale has joined forces with LBP AM and CNP Assurances to launch a €1 billion infrastructure debt fund targeting energy transition opportunities across Europe
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CGL secures financing for energy efficiency, Italy
Renewables EuropeCity Green Light has secured a 7-year syndicated loan of €197 million to support its growth plan and investments in energy efficiency and digitalisation of public administrations in Italy
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RIVE takes stake in Hyke, Norway
Transport EuropeFrench real assets investment firm RIVE Private Investment has taken a stake in Hyke, the Norwegian company that designs and sells electric ferries for river transport in cities to reduce congestion and pollution
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Africa’s landmark road PPP refinances, Senegal
Transport Sub-Saharan AfricaThe debt associated with a landmark motorway PPP in Africa – the A1 in Senegal – has refinanced allowing major development banks to exit, and to be replaced by a more private group of lenders
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InterContinental Energy secures new equity
Renewables Asia PacificInterContinental Energy, a green hydrogen developer, has secured a total $115 million equity investment from Hy24, a hydrogen infrastructure fund and an an earlier infusion from Singapore's wealth fund GIC
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Former Ørsted chief launches consultancy
Renewables EuropeHamish Yates, former Hornsea I chief at Ørsted, has launched independent renewables asset management and advisory business Neptune Infrastructure Associates in the UK
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AMEA Power’s Tunisian solar FC
Renewables MENAAMEA Power has reached financial close on its 120MW solar PV project in Tunisia – as exclusively anticipated earlier today by IJGlobal
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EXCLUSIVE Sale of NatWest's Northern Ireland gas business underway
Oil & Gas EuropeNatWest has launched a process to sell its 50% stake in Northern Irish natural gas company Phoenix Group, IJGlobal has learned
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Irish fund backs Equitix infra initiative, Ireland
Power EuropeThe Irish Strategic Investment Fund has provided €75 million to Equitix's new initiative to invest in private companies developing greenfield infrastructure projects in Ireland
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Bruc secures financing for solar, wind in Spain
Renewables EuropeMadrid-based Bruc has secured a sustainable corporate financing of €600 million from 7 entities to help finance the construction of an 8.5GW portfolio in Spain
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EXCLUSIVE Kent biomass plant on the market, UK
Renewables EuropeCopenhagen Infrastructure Partners has started the process of divesting the 27.8MW Kent renewable energy biomass plant in the south east of the UK, IJGlobal understands