EQT related stories
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SteelRiver company in $720m natural gas dealPeoples Natural Gas, which is controlled by an affiliate of SteelRiver Infrastructure Partners, has agreed to pay $720m in cash and transfer certain assets and contracts to EQT Corporation in exchange for the acquisition of Equitable Gas Company.
- EQT II doubles up with $419m offer
Having acquired a German waste-to-energy business earlier this week, EQT Infrastructure’s second fund has now launched a public tender offer to acquire Nasdaq-listed Westway Group, a bulk liquid storage provider.
- EQT acquires 51% of E.ON waste arm
The Stockholm-based fund manager has purchased more than half of E.ON Energy from Waste, one of Europe’s leading energy-from-waste companies. Vendor E.ON will retain a 49% stake following the deal, for which the amount paid was undisclosed.
- Signal: loud & clear
Telecommunication infrastructure assets are the new ‘it’ investments among savvy infrastructure players.
- Renewable energy and debt funds help fundraising recovery
The modest upturn in infrastructure fundraising seen since the nadir of 2009 is continuing, with the total amount raised globally in 2012 likely to exceed the 2011 total. Renewable energy and debt funds are having a growing impact.
- EQT Infra buys specialist broadband firm for €202m
The Swedish investor has acquired Norwegian offshore oil and gas broadband operator Tampnet from HitecVision. Tampnet operates the world’s largest offshore high capacity communication network.
- Plant deal to be US first for OMERS infra unit
Borealis Infrastructure has agreed to purchase Midland Cogeneration Venture. The deal will give Borealis, the infrastructure arm of OMERS, its first ever US power plant.
- Harrisburg incinerator debt plan halted
The Keystone State capital was ordered to hold off paying a debt on its waste incinerator. The infrastructure project, which is up for sale, has racked up a $330m tab.
- EQT raises €1.1bn for Fund II
The infrastructure arm of the Swedish private equity firm has recently reached a first close for Fund II after less than six months on the fundraising trail. EQT is targeting a €1.5bn final close for its second infrastructure fund.
- EQT sets up feeder funds for Fund II
EQT Infrastructure has set up a pair of feeder funds to help raise its second €1.5 billion infrastructure vehicle.