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Kalliope Gourntis

Kalliope is Deputy Editor at Infrastructure Investor, focusing primarily on the print edition, the latest role she’s assumed since joining the company in 2013. Kalliope initially covered the US market when she was based in New York, but has since relocated to Europe, where she oversees Infrastructure Investor’s team of reporters in London, New York and Sydney. Prior to joining PEI Media, she worked for Reuters in Athens as Energy Correspondent and has published a number of bylined articles that have appeared in the International Herald Tribune (now New York Times), The Wall Street Journal Europe and The Financial Times.
Investec’s infra division signed two energy-focused credit facility deals, both involving US fund managers.
Infrastructure Ontario expects to unveil the winning bidder for the three children’s treatment centres this Fall.
The New York retirement system has committed $300m to IFM’s Global Infrastructure Fund and $200m to First Reserve Energy Infrastructure Fund II.
M&A activity in the transportation and logistics sector fell sharply compared with the fourth quarter of 2013, PwC found.
M&A activity in the oil and gas sector reached the highest first-quarter level in terms of deal volume in more than a decade, according to PwC.
US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx unveiled the Grow America Act, a bill based on President Obama’s proposed $302bn surface transportation reauthorisation.
The Washington State Investment Board has approved an allocation of up to $150m in the Fortress Worldwide Transportation and Infrastructure Investors fund.
The Swiss asset manager has committed more than $280m to solar projects in the US, fully deploying capital from its US Solar Energy Fund.
US public authorities need to have a range of financing tools at their disposal in order to bridge the gap between the country’s infra needs and limited funding, Fitch says.
The Florida Department of Transportation has chosen I-4 Mobility Partners for the $2.3bn I-4 Ultimate project.
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