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BNP raises €437m for clean energy fund

The fund attracted cornerstone commitments from Dutch pensions Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn and Pensioenfonds Grafische Bedrijven.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

EUROPE NEWS ANALYSIS: ING sale comes down to the wire

As the deadline for bids on ING Real Estate Investment Management passes, a private equity firm and a REIT appear to be the primary suitors. PERE Magazine, December 2010/ January 2011 issue

2 min read · 05 January 2013

Cinven bolsters portfolio support team

The European firm has hired former Inchcape executive Immo Rupf and former Bain Capital executive Ivan Kwok.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Sharper Focus

Facing criticism it has become too “financially focused”, government-owned CDC group will be undergoing yet another round of consultation over its investment policy.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

Norges Bank acquires 25% stake in London’s Regent Street

In its first real estate investment on behalf of Norway’s pension plan, the manager forms a £1.8 billion partnership with The Crown Estate

2 min read · 05 January 2013

ING hires ex-Broadway exec to lead French investments

Despite trying to sell itself to third parties, the real estate investment arm of the Dutch insurance group has hired Bruno Cohen as CIO of its Paris office.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

A class of its own

Infrastructure investing in Asia is gradually emerging from the shadow of the private equity asset class, finds Siddharth Poddar.

10 min read · 05 January 2013

EUROPE NEWS: Norway’s wise men

The $300 billion sovereign wealth fund has set up an advisory board to play ‘devil’s advocate’ on investments In these days of risk control, it is unsurprising that a large European sovereign wealth fund has just set up an advisory board to vet property investments. PERE Magazine September 2010

3 min read · 05 January 2013

BNP Paribas fund secures loan for Italian solar plant

A BNP Paribas fund has reached financial close on a €93.5m senior debt for the construction of a 30-megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant in Italy. The project is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2011.

1 min read · 05 January 2013

BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners invests in Ireland

Gortahile Windfarm, which owns and operates a 20-megawatt project in County Laois in Ireland, has been acquired by a fund managed by BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners. The fund, which has a target size of €405m, aims to acquire additional wind generation assets in Ireland over a course of its investment period.

2 min read · 05 January 2013

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