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  • Investing in a changing climate

    06 December 2016

    Insurers are increasingly factoring climate change into their investment decisions. But they are only at the start of a long learning process, finds Peter Cripps. This is the second part of a three-part series on how insurers are dealing with climate change

  • PIP infrastructure fund makes first investment

    18 July 2016

    The Multi-Strategy Infrastructure Fund (MSIF), managed by the UK's Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PIP), has made its first investment – a £27.5 million ($36.4 million) refinancing of a 6.71MW portfolio of rooftop solar installations in England and Wales.

  • GIB and Zouk Capital invest in novel £111m energy from waste plant

    23 March 2015

    The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) is investing alongside Zouk Capital in a £111 million ($165 million) project that combines a 12.5MW waste-to-energy plant with an adjacent materials recycling facility.

  • Aviva buys UK solar rooftop portfolio from Zouk Capital

    27 August 2014

    Aviva Investors has bought another portfolio of UK residential solar assets from private equity firm Zouk Capital.

  • Aviva buys UK solar assets from private equity group

    08 October 2013

    Private equity group Zouk Capital has sold an 8.6MW portfolio of residential solar assets to Aviva Investors, the asset management division of insurance giant Aviva. The price was not disclosed.

  • Clean-tech fund makes first exit

    03 September 2013

    A clean technology fund with €230 million ($303 million) of commitments has made its first exit.