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Bruno Alves

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.
The UK’s new Chancellor has taken steps to bring over £200bn in PFI liabilities onto the government’s balance sheet.
The UK’s National Audit Office will analyse whether the procuring authority 'selected a cost-effective option to deliver its objectives and value for money', given that the PFI contract was signed at the height of the credit crunch.
Paris-based Antin Infrastructure Partners is due to reach its third close next week on a little less than €700m. Several new investors are thought to have joined the fund, which is sponsored by BNP Paribas and is targeting €1bn.
The Canadian pension is understood to have sold its 12% stake in Australian toll road operator Transurban for A$710m, following the latter’s recent rejection of a takeover bid submitted together with CPPIB and CP2.
New UK transport secretary Phillip Hammond is open to greenfield toll roads built by the private sector but warns that ‘the privatisation of the [existing] road network [is]a non-starter’.
Brussels has some environmental concerns regarding the €3.3bn first stretch of Slovakia's D1 highway PPP that need solving before full approval is granted. The government wants to close the deal – which faces political opposition at home – by May 18, before parliamentary elections take place in June.
The two companies put pen to paper on their merger plans, creating one of the largest transport groups in the world with €8.1bn of combined revenue in 2009. An IPO will take place 12 months after the deal closes, opening the vehicle to new investors.
Emerging markets investor Ashmore and power trading firm PTC India have unveiled their new joint venture aiming to raise $750m to invest in energy infrastructure across India.
The €1.1bn fund – formerly known as ABN Amro Global Infrastructure Fund – has bought a 49% stake in two roads and two transport hubs in Spain owned by Sacyr for €47m. The deal may signal the beginning of a longer-term partnership between the two companies.
The Scandinavian country’s debut rail PPP is in the market with interested parties asked to submit their requests to participate by November 8. A forthcoming roadshow in Brussels will also outline the procurement process for a road PPP, to be tendered later this year.
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