Bruno Alves
Bruno Alves is the Senior Editor of award-winning publication Infrastructure Investor. Bruno has been a journalist for nearly 20 years and first joined Infrastructure Investor in December 2009, where he quickly rose to become Associate Editor and a leading writer covering the infrastructure asset class. He’s been Senior Editor since 2015 and is also responsible for Agri Investor, PEI Group’s agriculture-focused publication.
A €110m add-on acquisition from utility E.ON gives EQT ownership of Sweden’s entire high-pressure natural gas transmission grid, running over 620km.
The French fund manager is due to hold an interim close this week that should take the third infrastructure fund to around €650m. AXA is aiming for a final close of between €1bn and €1.5bn later this year.
F2i and IMI Investimenti have purchased Metroweb for an enterprise value of €436m. The sellers are Sterling Capital Partners and A2A.
The Swiss investor has closed Partners Group Global Infrastructure 2009 with commitments from pensions, insurers and endowments, among others. The vehicle already counts 17 investments in its portfolio.
AXA Private Equity, Antin Infrastructure Partners, Cube Infrastructure, F2i and 3i are all said to have submitted non-binding bids for Italian business Metroweb.
AXA Private Equity has agreed to buy 10% of Spanish oil storage and transportation company CLH.
A committee of Spain’s upper house of Parliament has approved an amendment that can effectively overturn recent retroactive cuts to solar subsidies if it becomes law.
The UK-based development finance institution has committed $30m to the African Infrastructure Investment Fund 2, which is trying to raise $600m.
A proposed law could retroactively cut by 30% tariffs in the Spanish photovoltaic industry - a sector that has attracted signifcant PE support - opening the door to a wave of bankruptcies.
Citi Infrastructure Investors has acquired a 75% stake in DP World Australia, which operates five container ports, valued at A$1.5bn. Citi will fund the deal, which is set to close in the first half of 2011, with A$530m of debt and the balance in equity.