Daniel Kemp
Australian election result points to continued inaction on energy policy
Right-of-centre coalition’s surprise victory means lower targets for emissions reductions and continued support for coal.
Australia’s renewables sector will ‘continue to flourish’
Just 12% of respondents to a MinterEllison investor survey said regulatory and political uncertainty was the main barrier to investing in the sector, notwithstanding the lack of a federal energy policy.
Australian musicians band together to launch solar investment fund
Future Energy Artists teams up with superannuation fund to make ‘hardcore solar infrastructure investments’.
Sydney Light Rail legal disputes settled with revised PPP
ALTRAC consortium will inject ‘substantial additional equity’ into the city’s troubled transport project, as Acciona agrees to withdraw its A$1.1 billion legal claim.
‘No limit’ to AXA IM Real Assets’ potential investments in infra
CEO Izabelle Scemama said the French asset manager is interested in ‘the classic infrastructure sectors’, but not PPPs where returns are ‘more challenging’.
Queensland solar regulation changes lead to court action and uncertainty
Clean Energy Council argues new law will drive up construction costs as Impact Investment Group scheme files Supreme Court action.
QIC and Superloop ‘unable to agree’ on takeover deal as exclusivity period ends
QIC had made an offer of A$1.95 per share, which valued the fibre network operator at approximately A$493 million.
‘A little bit of stress could be good’
Global head of infra debt Andrew Jones walks us through the deployment of AMP Capital’s $2.5bn third junior debt fund, now fully invested.
Wind and solar de-ratings demonstrate ‘substantial uncertainty’ of Marginal Loss Factors
Year-to-year changes in Marginal Loss Factors are making investment decisions in Australian renewables more difficult, New Energy Solar chief executive John Martin argues, as two of his company’s projects are awarded lower ratings.
Brookfield and Infratil acquire Vodafone New Zealand in NZ$3.4bn deal
Brookfield Asset Management will hold its stake in its fourth infrastructure fund while Infratil will undertake an equity raising to help finance its investment.
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