Infranode assists AMF in its breakthrough infrastructure investment in the Green Investment Bank offshore wind fund

PRESS RELEASE
Stockholm, 19th of October 2015

Swedish pension insurance company AMF Pensionsförsäkring has committed GBP 300 million to the second closing of the Green Investment Bank’s Offshore Wind Fund in the UK. The commitment to the GIB fund represents AMF’s first investments in the UK offshore wind sector.

(see http://media.amf.se/2015/10/19/amf-gor-betydande-investering-i-brittisk-vindkraft/)

“UK Green Investment Bank Financial Services Limited (GIBFS) has today announced that it has executed a Second Close on new commitments of £355m for the Offshore Wind Fund (the Fund), bringing total committed capital to £818m and nearing its £1bn target. This makes the GIBFS-managed fund the largest renewable energy fund in the UK. Second close investors include Swedish life insurance and pension company AMF Pensionsförsäkring AB (AMF) and Strathclyde Pension Fund.”

(see www.greeninvestmentbank.com)

Infranode is pleased to have assisted AMF in the analysis of their breakthrough infrastructure investment as it continues to position itself as an infrastructure platform in the Nordics and an infrastructure sector specialist advisor and partner to Nordic institutional investors.

For further information contact:

Christian Doglia

christian(at)infranode.se
+46 73 320 7487

Philip Ajina

philip(at)infranode.se
+46 70 755 99 78