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Download PDF flyer here In May of 2024, New York-based private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a subsidiary of BlackRock, announced its plan to buy ALLETE, Minnesota Power’s parent company. The deal would include GIP investing…
Rio Grande LNG, backed by Global Infrastructure Partners, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock The risks to investors of Global Infrastructure Partners’ and BlackRock’s Rio Grande LNG are mounting as the project faces growing…
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved BlackRock’s $12.5 billion acquisition of private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), BlackRock’s largest acquisition in 15 years. As part of the deal, BlackRock…
BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, with $10 trillion in assets under management, announced its plans to acquire private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) in January of this year. The $12.5 billion deal would be BlackRock’s largest…
Developer of GIP’s Rio Grande LNG project sees stock price drop The developer of Global Infrastructure Partners’ (GIP) proposed Rio Grande LNG terminal, NextDecade, saw its stock plummet by over 40% after a court ruling overturned the project’s…
The proposed Rio Grande Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminal, backed by private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), is facing new headwinds. On August 6th, the D.C. Circuit Court issued a decision to…
The proposed Rio Grande Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminal, a project backed by private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), is encountering significant obstacles that call into question the viability of its future. The pension funds and other GIP investors…
In a groundbreaking development, the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP), with members of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe and South Texas Environmental Justice Network, convened an in-person meeting with private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) to discuss the firm’s backing…
The Private Equity Stakeholder Project submitted a letter calling on the FTC and the DOJ to block the proposed merger of asset manager giant BlackRock and private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP). The merger appears to be…
A proposed merger of asset manager giant BlackRock and private equity firm Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is currently under review by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC.) This $12.5 billion deal would be BlackRock’s largest acquisition in 15 years and…
Consumer advocates are expressing concerns about the sale of Duluth energy company Allete to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) investment board for $6.2 billion. GIP, set to be acquired by BlackRock for $12.5 billion…
Uncertainty around global demand for liquified natural gas (LNG), otherwise known as methane gas, and overinvestment in export infrastructure should raise questions about massive proposed projects like Global Infrastructure Partners’ (GIP) Rio Grande LNG Terminal. There is increased uncertainty for…
