(Valor Econômico) The group America Latina Logistica (ALL) sold its rail technology subsidiary ALL Rail Technology, which develops equipment and software for the operating in the industry. The sale featured resources in the amount of R$30 million from Franklin Templeton Investments’s private equity arm Darby Overseas Investments. Darby also acquired Daiken Ferroviaria, based in Parana, and Engenharia de Sistemas, based in Espirito Santo. The three companies will come together to form a new company called Alta Rail Tech (ART). Read more
Darby acquires ALL subsidiary and creates ART (em português)
Tags: ALL, ART, Brazil, Darby Overseas Investments, Infrastructure
Renovalia Reserve Investment Platform Expands with the Addition of Two Onshore Wind Power Plants in Mexico
Tags: First Reserve Energy Infrastructure Fund, Infrastructure, Mexico, Private Equity, Renewable Energy, Wind Power
(PRNewswire) GREENWICH, Conn., MADRID, and LONDON — The First Reserve Energy Infrastructure Fund (FREIF I) of First Reserve, the largest global private equity firm exclusively focused on energy, and Renovalia Energy, one of the largest renewable energy developers and Independent Power Producers, today announced the expansion of their Renovalia Reserve joint venture with the addition of two wind power plants in Southern Mexico. The investments diversify the Renovalia Reserve portfolio beyond Europe into North America and nearly double the power capacity of the wind farm assets worldwide. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Read more
Brazil’s Mantiq To Raise Money Abroad For Infrastructure Fund
Tags: Brazil, Infrastructure, Mantiq Investimentos, Private Equity
(Dow Jones) Mantiq, which was spun off from Banco Santander Brasil SA (BSBR, SANB4.BR) last year, currently manages three private equity funds with total investments of about 2.5 billion Brazilian reais ($1.27 billion). In addition to a fund that invests in the oil and gas industry supply chain, and another that invests in renewable energy and other environmentally sensitive technologies, Mantiq’s biggest fund is a BRL1.3 billion general infrastructure fund. Read more
Darby Backs Logistics and Cargo Operator in Ecuador
Tags: Ecuador, Infrastructure, Member Firm
(PEHub) December 3, 2012 – Darby Private Equity, the private equity arm of Franklin Templeton Investments, announced that Darby Latin American Mezzanine Fund II, L.P. (“DLAMF II”) completed an investment in Tabacarcen S.A. Tababela Cargo Center (“Tabacarcen”), the logistics and cargo operator at the new Mariscal Sucre airport in Quito, Ecuador. Read more
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board To Significantly Expand RE Portfolio
Tags: Brazil, Deal, Infrastructure, Real Estate
(CPP Investment Board) November 14, 2012 – Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) announced that it has signed an agreement to significantly expand its logistics real estate portfolio in Brazil through a joint venture partnership alongside Global Logistic Properties (GLP). Read more
Three Fund Managers selected for IDB-China Eximbank New Equity Investment Platform
Tags: Alternative Energy, Infrastructure
(IDB) October 17, 2012 – Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA), Darby Private Equity, and SinoLatin Investment Advisors (SLIA) have been selected to manage an investment platform for Latin America and the Caribbean that is being created by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in partnership with the Export-Import Bank of China (China Exim). Read more
Conduit Capital Announces Initiation of Construction Project in Mexico
Tags: Energy, Infrastructure, Member Firm, Mexico
(Conduit Capital Partners) August 1, 2012 – Conduit Capital Partners LLC, a private equity investment firm focused on energy infrastructure investment and development in Latin America and the Caribbean, today announced the initiation of construction of a 22 megawatt Wind Project at Santa Catarina (“Eolica Santa Catarina”) in northern Mexico. Read more
Conduit Capital Announces Start power Project in Jamaica
Tags: Energy, Infrastructure, Member Firm
(Conduit Capital Partners) July 31, 2012 – Conduit Capital Partners, a private equity investment firm focused on energy infrastructure investment and development in Latin America and the Caribbean, today announced the start of commercial operations of a 66 megawatt heavy fuel oil power plant at West Kingston (“West Kingston Power Project”) in Jamaica. Read more
