Razak Musah Baba
Raz joined the IPE editorial team in 2017 as news editor of IPE Real Assets. He has 15 years of experience as a financial journalist, having worked for Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal where he worked as an equities reporter covering corporate news.
He later covered consumer finance and moved on to become a leisure reporter and helped manage the London corporate news and small-cap desk.
Aside from real estate and infrastructure, he enjoys discussing African traditional religion and historiography.
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- razak.baba@ipe.com
- News
Cain merges with Blackbrook to expand European net lease and logistics footprint
Blackbrook will operate as a subsidiary of Cain and will continue to ”focus on future-proof supply chain infrastructure”
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Alterra beats fundraising target for industrial outdoor storage fund
Alterra IOS Venture III closes at $925m, exceeding $850m hard cap
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Brookfield and Microsoft team up for 10.5GW renewables push
Pact will not only focus on wind and solar, but also ’new or impactful carbon-free energy generation technologies’
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CIP launches platform to develop Australian offshore wind projects
CIP has secured nearly 1,300km2 of seabed in Australia to progress two offshore wind projects
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Aon to sell Townsend Group to Riverside
Post transaction, Aon will maintain a real estate investment team and collaborate with specialists to serve client needs
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HOOPP, Hesta and Generate Capital back Pine Gate with $650m
US solar and energy projects firm secure capital to fund development of additional projects
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LGPS Central commits £220m to UK infrastructure debt via Macquarie fund
Macquarie Inflation Linked Income Fund makes initial investment
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Coima selected for €500m Intesa Sanpaolo real estate mandate
Deal involves Italian banking group taking shares in Coima investment vehicles
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INREV Conference: AXA IM’s Scemama on lessons learnt from past downturns
Scemama believes yields have been stabilising since beginning of 2024
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NBIM pays €203m for half of Spanish solar plants from Iberdrola
Pair strengthen existing relationship with third partnership
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INREV Conference: Brookfield CEO Flatt sees past interest rate fears
Flatt disagrees with notion that large-scale real estate portfolios are inherently riskier
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INREV Conference: Real estate fundraising plunges over 50% in 2023
Lowest volume of capital raised since 2015, with activity falling across all global regions
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Mirova energy transition fund invests in Baltic battery storage platform
Baltic Storage Platform designed to help Estonia disconnect from Russia’s power grid
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Ardstone secures additional €135m for Irish social housing fund
Ardstone Residential Income Fund expects to double size of its portfolio to €2bn
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Northern Horizon makes third healthcare fund open-ended
UBS AM REPM and Townsend clients back Northern Horizon Aged Care Social Infrastructure fund
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DTCP’s digital infra fund closes at €1.6bn as investors double down
DIV II targets equity investments in the range of €150m to €250m
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Dominus, Cheyne Capital UK buy 65 Fleet Street in London for redevelopment
Transaction marks Dominus’s entry into institutional capital partnerships
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GIP to sell 50.01% stake in Edinburgh Airport to Vinci for £1.3bn
In addition to London Gatwick and Belfast International, Vinci has acquired a third freehold airport in the UK
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Blackstone plans UK data centre campus on Britishvolt’s former battery factory site
Blackstone makes £110m bid to transform Northumberland Energy Park into hyperscale campus
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Partners Group takes minority stake in hospitality property firm Trinity for $500m
Partners Group plans to also back Trinity’s North American, European and special situations investment platforms