Infrastructure
Pension funds butt heads in $7.4 billion takeover battle for Malaysian highway operator PLUS
Malaysia's Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has teamed with local infrastructure firm United Engineers Malaysia Berhad (UEM) Group - a fully owned subsidy of SWF Khazanah Nasional - to launch a MYR23 billion ($7.4 billion) takeover bid for Malaysian highway...
Macquarie retrenches infrastructure vehicles
Macquarie Group has made a broad pullback in the infrastructure fund sector that has been long associated with the Australian investment bank. Changes include offering investors a fee discount; sacking 60 of its infrastructure staff, around 10% of the...
Blackstone and Warburg Pincus-backed Kosmos Energy receives $5 billion bid from CNOOC
China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC), China’s third largest oil SOE, and Ghana National Petroleum Corp. have jointly bid in cash to acquire the Ghanaian assets of Kosmos Energy, whose Dallas-based parent is controlled by Warburg Pincus and the...
Spain's Insolux Corsan hunts $100 million for Indian highways
Spanish construction firm Isolux Corsan is seeking up to $100 million worth of PE backing for infrastructure projects in India, local reports note, in addition to the more than EUR1 billion ($1.4 billion) it has already allocated to highway projects in...
ICICI Venture-backed VA Tech listing sees 26% premium
ICICI Venture-backed water treatment and infrastructure firm VA Tech Wabag has traded up at a more than 26% premium to its INR1,310 ($29.50) issue price at its listing on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
IFC supports China wind energy with Xinjiang Goldwind investment
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested $75 million in Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology, as part of the runup to the wind turbine manufacturer’s IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
ChrysCap invests $11.4 million into India's Pratibha Industries
ChrysCapital has injected INR50 crore ($11.4 million) in Indian water- and infrastructure-focused company Pratibha Industries Ltd. via its subsidiary Van Dyck.
KKR and Korea's NPS team up for Colonial US pipeline investment
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) has joined forces with Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) to take a 23.44% stake in Alpharetta, GA-headquartered Colonial Pipeline Company, in a deal said to be worth about KRW1 trillion ($895 million).
WL Ross may catch Kingfisher after SpiceJet airline success
WL Ross India, the local platform of leading US turnaround investor Wilbur Ross, may be looking to repeat the success of its SpiceJet investment by taking a stake in the debt-burdened industry peer, Kingfisher Airlines.
India's GVK Power said still in talks with SCPEL, TPG
GVK Power and Infrastructure Ltd., an arm of Indian conglomerate GVK, is continuing talks with TPG Capital, Standard Chartered Private Equity Ltd. (SCPEL) and Morgan Stanley's infrastructure fund to invest some $250-300 million for up to 30% of its Mumbai...
After SpiceJet, Ross may invest India's Kingfisher Airlines
Leading US investor Wilbur Ross may be seeking to follow his successful investment in, and exit from, Indian budget carrier SpiceJet by investing some $100-150 million into debt-saddled peer Kingfisher Airlines, according to Indian media.
Ascent invests India infrastructure, real estate with IVRCL Assets
Ascent Capital Advisors India, the Indian private equity firm that launched out of UTI Venture Funds Management, has made a PIPE investment of some INR150 crore ($33.8 million) into IVRCL Assets and Holdings, a Hyderabad-headquartered infrastructure and...
Inside India’s infra riddle
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Soros-invested Hainan Airlines launches air leasing private equity fund for China
PRC carrier Hainan Airlines has announced plans for China's first dedicated aircraft leasing private equity fund, with an RMB5 billion ($747 million) target and focused on domestic opportunities.
Partners Group finances Newcastle Coal in Australia
Partners Group, the Zug-headquartered Swiss private markets investment management group, has financed the Newcastle Coal Infrastructure Group in Australia with an A$27 million ($25 million) subordinated debt facility, to build a new coal export terminal...
3i India exits 6.6% stake in steel pipe maker Welspun Corp.
UK private equity firm 3i Group has exited its 6.6% stake in Indian steel pipe producer Welspun Corp. Ltd. for an undisclosed amount, coming three years after it first invested INR350 crore ($76.8 million) in the company.
India's Highstreet nearing first close on India Infra Fund
Highstreet Capital, a new Indian private equity firm, is nearing a $50-70 million first close on its first fund, the India Infrastructure Fund, with sponsors and anchor investors the Bhartia family, promoters of Jubilant Organosys and Life Insurance Corp.
Alinta seals asset sale deal with TPG consortium
Australian power major Alinta Energy has reached agreement with the TPG Capital-led consortium of its creditors, also including Oaktree Capital and Anchorage Advisers, to sell the majority of its assets into a new company owned by the consortium.
Alinta investors still in talks
TPG Capital – both its TPG Opportunities Partners debt unit and its private equity funds – Oaktree Capital, and Anchorage Advisers are still in talks with Bain Capital affiliate Sankaty Advisors and other debt holders about distressed Australian power...
Bain's Sankaty opposes TPG-led Alinta rescue in Australia
Sankaty Advisors, the special situations/credit affiliate of Bain Capital, is opposing the bailout plan led by TPG Capital's TPG Opportunities Partners unit, with Oaktree Capital and Anchorage Advisers, for struggling Australian power producer Alinta...
China Investment Corporation, China Exim Bank launch $1 billion infra fund
China's sovereign wealth fund the China Investment Corporation (CIC) is to partner in a $1 billion regional infrastructure and energy fund, alongside Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim Bank), in the wake of increasing demand for secure energy supplies...
3i to invest $86 million in Indian infrastructure firm KMC Constructions
3i Group is set to invest INR400 crore ($86.6 million) in Indian highway-infrastructure firm KMC Constructions from its $1.2 billion infrastructure fund, according to reports.
Archer, Ironbridge may join WSN Environmental auction
Australian private equity firms Archer Capital and Ironbridge Capital may participate in the upcoming auction of WSN Environmental Solutions, the state-owned company providing recycling and environmental services in the Greater Sydney area.
Alinta’s future hinges on private equity consortium deal
Australian power generation company Alinta Energy Group has been in talks with TPG Capital’s debt investment arm, TPG Opportunities Partners, to restructure the company, pending the outcome of an earlier proposal by the company for trade sales plus...