ABU DHABI / WAM Shuaa Capital, an asset management and investment banking platform in the region, announced that it has launched a $200 million “SHUAA Financing Opportunities Fund” targeting special situations in the GCC. The fund has already attracted a total of $68 million in commitments from investors. Following Shuaa’s recent success in the private credit space in deploying and ...

Bloomberg In a couple of years, Japan will be paying the highest rates in the world to incumbent power utilities simply for maintaining generation capacity, including coal and nuclear plants, to help meet electricity demand in times of scarcity. That windfall comes at a time when Japan is seeking to liberalise its market, encourage new entrants and boost the use ...

Bloomberg Total SE took a stake in a French floating wind farm project, its third investment in the nascent industry this year as the oil and gas giant reshapes itself for a low-carbon future. While wind farms built directly on the sea bed have become widespread and cost-competitive with other forms of energy, floating turbines that would allow clean electricity ...