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.
Spanish mid-market firm N+1 and listed Spanish PE firm Dinamia have bought EYSA, an FCC subsidiary which manages 120,000 on-street parking spaces across 60 Spanish cities.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
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.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
F2i and IMI Investimenti have purchased Metroweb for an enterprise value of €436m. The sellers are Sterling Capital Partners and A2A.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
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.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
AXA Private Equity, Antin Infrastructure Partners, Cube Infrastructure, F2i and 3i are all said to have submitted non-binding bids for Italian business Metroweb.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
AXA Private Equity has agreed to buy 10% of Spanish oil storage and transportation company CLH.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
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.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
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.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The UK-based development finance institution has committed $30m to the African Infrastructure Investment Fund 2, which is trying to raise $600m.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
A report by Brazilian financial sector association ANBIMA says that the total volume of project finance activity grew by 431% last year, with energy representing the lion’s share of transactions.
1 min read · 05 January 2013
