http://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/Latest news from Infrastructure Investor5http://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65675A survey from the UK Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors found respondents in the construction industry extremely sceptical about the ability of the government to source £20bn from pensions for infrastructure projects. http://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65675Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:43:21 GMThttp://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65673A secondary offering on Brookfield’s $13bn renewable energy fund is now over with the asset manager raising a total of $341m.http://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65673Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:49:07 GMThttp://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65671Texas has opted to go with a design-build structure instead of a public-private partnership (PPP) for the 37-mile Grand Parkway expansion. The decision will not impact a string of 10 other transportation projects that qualify as PPPs.http://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65671Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:21:20 GMThttp://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65664The fund, which recently raised £212m on the London Stock Exchange, has bought a 50% stake in two Canadian transportation projects from developer parent Bilfinger Berger. It plans to complete the acquisition of a portfolio of 19 assets by the end of the first quarter.http://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65664Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:59:38 GMThttp://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65668The pan-emerging markets firm has developed an ‘energy impact model’ to track difficult to quantify non-financial drivers of value. http://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65668Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:46:33 GMThttp://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65660If France’s greenfield pipeline is diminishing in size, then it’s probable that 2012 will be remembered as the year when a significant number of opportunities in the country were of a different shadehttp://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65660Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:31:37 GMThttp://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65654The Maryland-based company is contesting the state’s decision to grant a long-term public-private partnership contract for the refurbishment of a pair of rest areas along Interstate 95 to Spain's Grupo Areas . http://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65654Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:56:08 GMThttp://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65653The government got almost five times more money than expected for the concessions of Guarulhos, Viracopos and Brasilia airports. Argentinean, Brazilian, French and South African companies were part of the winning consortia.http://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65653Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:50:35 GMThttp://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65652The US law firm is beefing up its personnel and looking to broaden its infrastructure offering - co-chaired by Patrick Harder (pictured) - with airport and seaport legal advice. Nossaman is also adding people with energy infrastructure experience.http://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65652Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:34:08 GMThttp://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65650In one of the largest commitments ever made by a US institution to an infrastructure fund manager, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System has pledged a total of up to $500m to Australia’s Industry Funds Management. http://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65650Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:25:21 GMThttp://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65649Philippe Camu, until now head of European infrastructure, has become the global head of Goldman Sachs’ infrastructure team, as current leader Steven Feldman retires. Camu is now also the chief investment officer of Goldman Sachs’ two infrastructure funds. http://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65649Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:30:37 GMThttp://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65647A new survey has called for the Middle Eastern state to move beyond energy by utilising public-private partnerships across a wide range of sectors. The country has targeted $200bn of infrastructure spending to realise its National Vision 2030 development plan. http://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65647Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:02:49 GMThttp://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65629The New South Wales government has pledged to invest A$175m in the troubled Reliance Rail rolling stock public-private partnership – which counts AMP Capital, International Public Partnerships and RBS as investors – to reassure its creditors ahead of a planned draw down.http://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65629Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:55:13 GMThttp://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65626A fund managed by Enterprise Investors, the Warsaw-based private equity and venture capital firm, is to invest €40m in the Polish wind farm sector over the next few years through a new vehicle called Wento. The vehicle is currently examining more than 12 projects and is in ‘advanced negotiations’ on three. http://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65626Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:34:01 GMThttp://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65619The Swiss asset manager has invested in a US solar plant in Salisbury, Massachusetts - one of the largest solar projects in the New England area. At full capacity, the solar farm will deliver 5.7MW of power to the grid.http://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65619Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:35:18 GMThttp://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65618The US fund manager sold 9.25 million units in the secondary market of master limited partnership Chesapeake Midstream, priced around $29 apiece. The tender marked the second major energy sector sale in 2012.http://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65618Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:00:20 GMThttp://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65614The New York law firm noted its ‘mega-deal’ activity in California and Saudi Arabia, as well as its newly established Brazil operation. http://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65614Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:48:09 GMThttp://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65612The Sydney-based bank is one of at least three firms vying to buy the businesses of Deutsche Bank Asset Management, which include RREEF Real Estate and RREEF Infrastructure. Second round bids are due next week.http://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65612Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:02:48 GMThttp://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65608In an exclusive interview with Infrastructure Investor, Jim Flaherty, Canada’s Minister of Finance (pictured), said the focus of infrastructure development in Canada would be on projects helping to drive economic growth – with pipelines running from west to east a priority. http://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65608Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:37:08 GMThttp://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65605The French fund manager has hired Bruno Candès (pictured) as an investment director to help raise its second mid-market European infrastructure fund. The hire is part of a ramp-up in staff that sees Infravia also hire talent from Amber Infrastructure and ETDE. http://www.infrastructureinvestor.com/article.aspx?aid=0&article=65605Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:33:40 GMT