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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.
Contact info
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- +44 (0)20 3465 9300
- Email:
- razak.baba@ipe.com
- News
KKR and T-Mobile to acquire US fibre optic network company Metronet
Teleco T-Mobile expects to invest around $5bn
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Infracapital sells Dutch energy solutions firm Eteck to Partners Group
Partners Group intends to ‘transform Eteck into a decentralised energy solutions platform’
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Apollo-backed Apterra joins lender group in $650m deal for Aypa Power
Financing will support Aypa’s expansion across the US and Canada
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ADIA commits $400m to Arrow Global’s European real estate lending strategy
The UAE sovereign wealth fund previously invested in Arrow Global’s opportunistic credit strategy
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LVMH-backed L Catterton snaps up luxury European shopping destinations from Hammerson
Hammerson to receive £600m for its 42% stake in Value Retail
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Stonepeak buys New Zealand retirement villages firm Arvida for US$1.3bn
Stonepeak offers Arvida shareholders a 65% premium to the shares’ last closing price in a take-private deal
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PSP Investments and Segro partnership sells €327m logistics portfolio
The Segro European Logistics Partnership sells two facilities in each of Milan and Rome
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Igneo Infrastructure acquires Portuguese toll road concession AEDL
IPE Real Assets understands that SVP and minority investors are seliing AEDL for around €400m
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Invesco debuts mezzanine loan in Central Europe as fund strategy expands
Invesco Real Estate Europe Fund III broadened its strategy last year to include debt
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LGPS invest £150m in Octopus UK affordable housing
Avon, Gloucestershire, Devon and Clwyd pensions back Octopus affordable housing fund
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NGP and Sandbrook back Cloverleaf Infrastructure’s $300m fundraise
Cloverleaf Infrastructure secures capital to develop data centre sites in the US
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Arcus-backed Workdry enters US pump market with Holland Pump deal
Acquisition will see Workdry ‘immediately establish a market-leading presence’ in the US East and Gulf Coast regions
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Fundraise for Eurazeo’s debut infrastructure programme exceeds target
Eurazeo’s debut infrastructure programme closed at €700m, exceeding its €500m target by 40%
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Greater Manchester Pension Fund backs Henley’s UK social housing push
Henley’s open-ended Secure Income Property Unit Trust II has a target funding commitment of £200m annually
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TPG to buy CAPREIT’s manufactured home community portfolio for C$740m
TSX-listed CAPREIT agrees to sell its 12,000-lot Canada portfolio across 75 sites
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ACCESS Pool commits £125m to new L&G UK affordable housing fund
L&G Affordable Housing Fund will hold over 750 homes at launch
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Argo becomes majority owner of US data centre firm TierPoint
Argo has now committed close to $700m to TierPoint since 2020
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Brookfield invests initial $200m into Leap Green Energy
Brookfield Global Transition Fund I has an option to invest a further $350m in the Indian renewables firm
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Macquarie joins in $164m financing for Enfinity’s Japan solar expansion
Enfinity secures financing to support a 250MW solar portfolio
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Investcorp expands US student housing portfolio with $160m acquisition
Investment firm buys assets totalling 914 beds at the University of Florida and the University of Texas at Austin