Tom Taylor

A plan to reduce the timeframe for renewable energy project approvals to 50 business days comes as welcome news to the sector – but complications remain.

The fundraise follows an attempted sale of Equis’s Asia-Pacific renewable energy platform last year.

Colonial First State’s A$370m commitment to Morrison’s Value Add Infrastructure Strategy II includes a co-investment sleeve – a point of emphasis for many superannuation funds.

A range of CEFC assets valued at A$125m will seed a new open-end fund from asset manager Australian Ethical.

The manager behind PIDG’s Emerging Africa and Asia Infrastructure Fund also wants to see its Emerging Markets Transition Debt strategy scaled to $5bn.

Energy security does not yet feature in the names of private infrastructure funds, but that could change as conflicts upend global energy markets.

The role that batteries have to play in the energy transition has always been obvious, but how infra investors can deploy capital in the sector has not – until recently. This article explores the changes that are transforming the sector from risky to booming.

IFM’s vice-president, infrastructure, Vivien Cheung, says a push into value-add can complement investors’ existing core holdings.

As Quinbrook enters the execution phase on its pipeline of battery storage projects across Australia, it is attempting to take control of construction in a constrained labour market.

As Macquarie Asset Management’s fourth Asian infrastructure fund starts to make its first transactions, MAM co-head of Asia-Pacific infrastructure Verena Lim reflects on the strategy’s previous successes.