Transactions Royal Vopak and BlackRock JV pays $620m for three terminals on U.S. Gulf Coast Royal Vopak and BlackRock’s Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund (GEPIF) have acquired three industrial…
Transactions Sempra Energy bolsters energy infrastructure platform with IEnova offer Sempra Energy has made moves toward integrating its energy infrastructure investments into a new infrastructure…
Fundraising AIIM holds one of largest capital raises for an African fund during pandemic African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) has raised an additional $80 million for its flagship pan-African…
From the Current Issue It's a smaller world now: The digital reboot is keeping the infrastructure market connected, creative and productive during the pandemic by Drew Campbell i3 held its first digital Editorial Advisory Board meeting in November, connecting members from across the globe for web-based discussions. The i3 board is comprised of institutional investors, including pension plan sponsors, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds and investment managers, consultants and elected officials from Europe, Canada, the United States, Asia and Australia.
From the Current Issue A discussion about Brazil's upcoming transmission asset auctions by Drew Campbell Drew Campbell, i3 senior editor, recently discussed Brazil’s upcoming transmission asset auctions, scheduled for Dec. 17, with the country’s electricity regulatory agency, ANEEL.
Resource Center In Focus: Ian Harding on managing infra investments across ‘once-in-a-generation’ crises
Investors Porsche and Siemens Energy back world’s first green hydrogen-to-efuel plant in Chile Siemens Energy, joined by sports car maker Porsche and a lineup of international companies, is…
Transactions Amber Infrastructure’s 3SIIF makes its foray into the digital infrastructure space Amber Infrastructure Group’s Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund (3SIIF) has made its first digital infrastructure…
People GIP appoints industry veteran Tufan Erginbilgic as partner Tufan Erginbilgic has joined Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) as a partner after spending more than…
From the Current Issue Infrastructure fundraising decline levels off: Capital raised eases as 2020 grinds on by Drew Campbell According to IREI’s FundTracker database, infrastructure fundraising in third quarter 2020 was on par with second quarter, with seven funds raising nearly $16 billion. In second quarter, eight funds raised more than $13 billion. This comes after more than $80 billion was raised by 22 funds in fourth quarter 2019 and first quarter 2020 combined.
From the Current Issue Surging online grocery sales turns cold storage into a hot asset class by Mike Consol Investors have fixed a cold eye upon a niche segment of the warehousing sector. Specifically, cold storage, where demand has been increasing as online grocery sales have been booming in the throes of the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s the good news: This chilly wind blowing through investor portfolios is expected to be an abiding one, as the industrial cold-storage sector will see sustained demand for the warehousing and distribution of refrigerated and frozen food from major grocery retailers.