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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 $850m Odintsovo bypass has become the second Russian road PPP to reach financial close. As with the Moscow-St. Petersburg highway, a bond issue guaranteed by the Russian government was instrumental in securing the close.
But a source familiar with the process says the bid deadline might get pushed back slightly as the three consortia in the race prepare their binding bids.
The chief executive of Emirates NBD Capital said in an interview that the bank is gearing up to launch an infrastructure fund to capitalise on a $500 billion infrastructure opportunity in the Gulf region.
Balfour Beatty has sold stakes in two Scottish PPPs to Barclays Integrated Infrastructure Fund and a subsidiary of Kelda Water for £24.1m.
The $2.1bn Moscow-St. Petersburg highway has become the first Russian road PPP to reach financial close. Sberbank and Vnesheconombank have provided ruble funding for the project which includes a bond issue guaranteed by the Russian government.
As their 75-year leases come to an end, the government prepares to re-tender a package of 10 hydropower concessions producing a combined 5,300 megawatts of electricity. The first tenders are expected to be out this summer.
The Spanish utility has sent out teasers for the possible sale of its gas distribution network in a deal that could net it over €700m. The sale comes as E.On cancels the divestment of its Italian gas network after deeming the bids received too low.
One of southeast Asia’s largest banks has just set up a dedicated project finance unit to capitalise on an estimated $8trn of required infrastructure investment in Asia over the next decade.
Raj Rao, one of the founding members of Global Infastructure Partners, has been elected as its newest partner. The fund has also added two new senior hires to the team, including a global head of fundraising, as it prepares to raise a second fund.
The new government of the French-run tropical island has abandoned a planned tram PPP in favour of a road. A Bouygues-led consortium, which won the project last December, is now seeking reparations to the tune of €200m.
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