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Currenta acquisition, Germany
Oil & Gas EuropeAfter a drawn out negotiation period, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA belatedly closed on the acquisition of the largest German chemical park operator, Currenta
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KCOM acquisition, UK
Telecoms EuropeMIRA, an asset management division of Macquarie, was recently confirmed as the winner in a secret race with Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) to acquire British telecoms group KCOM
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The server service
Telecoms EuropeIn a world in which data is the new oil, data centres promise to be shrewd investments. But who is best placed to own these assets?
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Fund analysis: EDIF II
Oil & Gas EuropeTwo months before being acquired by MUFG, First State Investments signed off final close on its second generation vehicle European Diversified Infrastructure Fund II
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I just don’t have words…
Renewables EuropeOK, it’s silly season – that time of the year when infra hacks are supposed to scrabble around for news, smashing the phones in the vain attempt to raise anyone on the blower… tumbleweed gusting through the streets, a deathly pall across the financial centres, long lunches and worktime suntans
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Glennmont's debt fund invests in Italo Solare debt
Renewables EuropeGlennmont's new fund has made its first two investments into two portfolios of Italian solar loans – one performing and one non-performing. The first investment was into its own renewable energy asset backed security, the second was in a portfolio of non-performing Italian solar loans – the first investments of their kind in Italy
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Australian energy-from-waste: burning brighter
Renewables Asia PacificAustralia has seen an explosion in wind, solar and now energy storage development, while EfW has been a slow burner. But with waste exports less viable and landfill less tolerated, EfW could catch light
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PPP stakes – buyer beware…
Social & Defence EuropeThe touch paper has this week been lit on a little-discussed financing wheeze that involves the sale of “economic interest stakes” on under-construction PPP projects – creating a bomb that (in worst case scenarios) will blow up in investors’ faces
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Brazil's dynamic renewables market
Renewables Latin AmericaDevelopers are having to turn to new revenue and financing sources to meet Brazil’s ambitious non-hydro renewables generation targets
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Climate Investor One, final close
Renewables EuropeClimate Investor One, the Netherlands-based vehicle(s) investing throughout the life of renewable opportunities in emerging markets, unquestionably has exemplary ESG credentials
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Defining the energy transition
Renewables EuropeInvestors see growing opportunities in the energy transition, though may have differing ideas of what that term actually means
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Fund analysis: Digital Colony Partners
Telecoms North AmericaOn 5 June Florida-based Digital Colony Management signed off final close on its maiden fund Digital Colony Partners at $4.05 billion, slightly above the hard cap
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Monster hunting – energy storage in Asia
Renewables Asia PacificMajor battery storage projects in Asia may still seem mythical to some, but many have taken on the quest
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Libor transition – buckle up for a rough ride
Oil & Gas EuropeThe infrastructure industry is bracing for a storm of monumental proportions as the market readies itself for the transition away from established inter-bank lending rates that underpin many billions of dollars of loans across this global sector
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Freedom Gas – breaking new territory
Oil & Gas North AmericaIt’s an ill wind that blows a fresh nugget of jargon across our computer screens, and once again we have our cousins across The Pond to thank for it as they re-brand natural gas to “Freedom Gas”
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Talasol Solar Farm, Spain
Renewables EuropeEllomay has financed this 300MW solar farm with only a partial power hedge, showing how Spain is leading the way in innovative renewable energy deals
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Renewable energy – opportunity knocks
Renewables MENAIn a market where there’s a lot more cash available than places to deploy it, developers are following opportunity wherever that may be… hounded by a retinue of eager lenders, equity players and advisers
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European renewables attract wide range of investors
Renewables EuropeEuropean renewable energy assets remain popular among fund managers and their investors
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London calling: LSE’s new green opportunities
Renewables EuropeThe good financial weather on the London Stock Exchange continues to entice managers of prospective listed renewables funds. Its appeal has drawn two in recent months which share an intriguing set of features – both are denominated in non-sterling currencies, both are headquartered abroad, and neither buys assets in the UK