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Zak Bentley

Zak Bentley is a senior reporter at Infrastructure Investor based in London. Zak joined Infrastructure Investor in 2016 from Centaur where he was a reporter at their Clean Energy Pipeline title. He has a detailed knowledge and experience of the financial and regulatory aspects of the global renewable energy market, as well as the wider infrastructure market. Zak has a degree in English and History from the University of Birmingham.
The asset manager has invested alongside Group Five in four road concessions in Poland and Hungary and is eyeing further projects to invest in.
The pipeline includes planned mega investments such as Thames Tideway, Hinkley and the recently announced £23bn National Productivity Investment Fund.
The pair have joined forces with Northleaf Capital in a landmark deal to buy the Northwest Parkway toll road in Colorado.
The firm expects to hit its €500m target for the vehicle, which covers a selection of European markets, in late 2017 or early 2018.
The listed fund secured £30m more than expected in its second offering since the EU referendum.
The insurance firm’s latest renewables fund is in talks to become the main shareholder in a 152.4MW portfolio of wind farms in Germany.
The Russian sovereign vehicle has agreed to fund a 60MW project alongside Chinese firm Sinomek that will cost about $138m.
The insurance firm’s investment subsidiary has provided the developer with long-term debt through a private placement in both Aussie and US dollars.
The insurance group’s alternatives division has taken a 30% stake in E.ON Distributie România, marking its first investment in the Eastern European country.
The Natixis subsidiary has bought an 85% stake in heating firm Aton through its €700m Mirova Core Infrastructure Fund.
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