BlackRock Inc is buying Global Infrastructure Partners in a deal worth more than USD 12.5bn, a move that will triple BlackRock’s infrastructure assets and create one of the world’s biggest infrastructure managers.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has benefited from projects completed using unsolicited proposals for public-private partnerships and will keep targeting their use as a major water project for the city progresses under a P3, Mayor Dean Trantalis told Infralogic. 

Electric transit buses are increasingly finding their way onto the streets of Latin American countries, driven by policies mandating reduced carbon emissions and pollution and a drive toward energy transition in the region. Infralogic’s Eva Llorens, Gabriela Valente and Jonathan Carmody asked investors how concessions have been developed and funded to date and what opportunities they see in the market in the future.

The M&A tax advisory firm has made four senior hires to its infrastructure and renewables team including Dorian Hunt to lead the renewable energy practice.

A proposal to raise capital requirements for banks is threatening to impact funding for renewable energy, raising concerns of a slowdown. Regulators need to clarify details to ease market concerns, say participants. 

Social P3s in the US infrastructure space comprise a blend of public-purpose facilities alongside commercial and residential real estate components, but defining which projects are most suitable for infrastructure investors can be confusing as the project offering expands. Infralogic’s Eugene Gilligan and Jonathan Carmody investigate which social infrastructure P3 projects can be better suited to infrastructure versus real estate investors.