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December 2007
Babcock & Brown Infrastructure (BBI) has bought three port-operators, for a total enterprise value of A$616.5 million ($540.5 million).
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Australian electricity and gas distributor SP Ausnet has ended its attempt to buy Alinta's transmission and distribution assets.
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Turkish privatization – power and roads – is back on the agenda and pulling some serious investor appetite. But the timing could be better and asset valuations may not hit government expectations. By Sean Keating
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US municipalities are embracing the concept of availability-based concessions for transit projects. But agonising over risk transfer has made implementation a
protracted and frustrating process. Catherine McGuirk reports.
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Babcock & Brown closes Asian fund
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Connacher completes refinancing
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VTB Bank Europe has appointed Andrei Antonovski as an associate director in its new infrastructure capital group in London. Antonovski was previously at ABN Amro...
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Power
01 December 2007
Arcapita's Bosque launches
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Victoria Royal Children's hospital closes
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The UK PFI equity market has become even more unpredictable – as the dominant funds hunt for more conservative investors, some large portfolios are engaging in backdoor refinancing gains via leveraged portfolio on-lending. So who gains what and how? By Paul Smith
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Greenville Southern Connector RFQ responses due
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November 2007
3i India Infrastructure Fund has invested $101 million for a minority stake in Soma Enterprise, a Hyderabad-based engineering and construction firm.
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Babcock & Brown has reached first close on the $400 million Babcock & Brown Asia Infrastructure Fund.
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A Citigroup-led consortium has reached a £3.03 billion ($6.27 billion) agreement to buy Yorkshire water company Kelda.
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The City of Chicago and Southwest Airlines have provisionally agreed a private concession on Midway Airport.
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Land Securities Trillium launches £1.14 billion infrastructure fund.
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Alinda Capital Partners is set to launch $1.35 billion in bonds in the week ending 16 November 2007
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The £731.2 million ($1.53 billion) debt backing the buyout of Southern Water by Greensands Investment has launched
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Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund has acquired a 90% stake in South China Highway Development
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The Carlyle Group has closed the process of raising capital commitments for its $1.15 billion first infrastructure fund
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The secondary UK PFI market seems headed for a dramatic shift as Land Securities Trillium and Infrastructure Investors – which hold over 50% of the equity in UK PFI - prepare to divest their UK PFI portfolios.
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AIG Highstar has closed its latest infra fund - AIG Highstar Capital III - on $3.5 billion
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Carlyle closes US infrastructure fund
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JPMorgan Chase has launched a $2 billion India infrastructure fund
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European water is still a very solid investment for infra investors where debt-to-regulated asset values remain low. And despite the 'credit crunch' and increase in cost of debt, deal flow in the M&A market for 2008 looks healthy with leverage at sustainable levels. By Michael Marray