Generali Global Infrastructure (GGI), a boutique focused on infrastructure debt and part of Generali Group’s multi- boutique asset management platform, has launched two infrastructure funds supporting the European recovery.

Greencoat UK Wind PLC is to acquire a 49 per cent stake in the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm from RWE, in partnership with a number of pension funds investing through a fund also managed by Greencoat Capital. 

BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has strengthened its Private Debt & Real Assets (PDRA) investment division, headed by David Bouchoucha, with four appointments, all based in Paris.

Pension funds in the UK are being urged to step up their infrastructure investment, as speakers at a pensions conference this week emphasised the need to preserve the long-term sustainability of the UK economy.

Global energy infrastructure specialist Victory Hill Capital Group is to float VH Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities plc (“the Company” or “GSEO”) on the London Stock Exchange in January 2021.

The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) has launched its Electronic Trading Platform (ETP) for secondary market trading of bonds and sukuk using AxeTrading’s AxeChange technology. 

Prime Capital AG, an independent asset manager and financial services provider, wich manages and administers EUR 17.7 billion in various asset classes, is broadening its shareholder base with immediate effect with 70 per cent of Prime Capital shares being transferred to a total of 10 executives. Company founder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board Wolfgang Stolz will retain 30 per cent of the shares. 

The intrinsic value of companies investigated by value managers Azvalor is continuing to rise despite markets punishing the investment style.

Nasdaq Dubai has welcomed the listing of a USD600 million Sukuk by the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), the private sector arm of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB).

Global institutional investors are set to prioritise investments into real assets over the next 12 months, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to have a lasting impact on global economies and financial markets, according to the latest edition of Aviva Investors’ Real Assets Study.