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  • BlackRock backs £78m Foresight fundraise

    30 March 2017

    UK-listed yieldco Foresight Solar Fund (FSFL) has raised £78.5 million ($97.4 million) in its latest share placement, thanks to significant backing from asset management giant BlackRock.

  • Foresight shrugs off Brexit

    29 March 2017

    UK based renewables asset manager Foresight Group has shrugged off the potential impact of Brexit, claiming the infrastructure space is resilient.

  • Foresight buys biggest solar park, with private wire agreement

    03 February 2017

    Yieldco Foresight Solar Fund has bought a 72MW solar park that has an agreement in place to sell power to a paper mill.

  • Yieldco NESF secures £150m debt facility

    31 January 2017

    UK yieldco NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has secured a £150 million ($186 million) long-term debt facility from a syndicate of lenders.

  • EF BRIEFS: Ikea, Quercus, South Pole Group

    18 January 2017

    Swedish furniture company Ikea said it will not invest any of its £524 million ($638.8 million) green energy fund in the UK, as government policies have made it 'difficult'.

  • Foresight Group boosts AUM by 28%

    10 January 2017

    Foresight Group, a UK-based infrastructure and private equity investment manager, increased its assets under management by 28% to £2.3 billion ($2.8 billion) during 2016.

  • Green bonds round-up

    21 December 2016

    Foresight Group has reached the first financial close of its unlabelled green bond fund, raising some €80 million ($83 million).

  • UK railway pension fund invests in rooftop solar

    12 December 2016

    RPMI Railpen, the pension scheme for the UK's railway industry, is to provide £20.3 million ($25.5 million) of inflation-linked debt capital to refinance a portfolio of rooftop solar installations owned by Foresight Group.

  • TerraForm Power settles with Appaloosa as it gears up for sale

    29 September 2016

    US yieldco TerraForm Power (TERP) has settled a long standing legal battle with hedge fund Appaloosa Management.

  • The growing pains of UK yieldcos

    22 July 2016

    Weakening policy support and uncertainties caused by Brexit are among the challenges faced by the fledgling asset class. But it remains resilient, reports Peter Cripps