Macquarie Asset Management Leads Up to £1.2bn Equity Support Package for Southern Water

Macquarie Asset Management Acquires Majority Stake in Southern Water

August 9, 2021

Utilities

Macquarie Asset Management has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Southern Water Services Limited and will invest over £1 billion of new equity to recapitalise the business. The capital will strengthen Southern Water’s balance sheet and fund a multi-year £2 billion investment programme to reduce leaks and pollution incidents, improve customer service, and boost financial resilience.

Macquarie Asset Management-led consortium to acquire further 20% stake in National Gas

July 19, 2023

Energy

A consortium led by Macquarie Asset Management has agreed to acquire an additional 20% equity interest in National Gas from National Grid, taking the consortium's total ownership to 80%. The deal, on equivalent terms to the original January 2023 transaction, is subject to regulatory clearance and is expected to complete in the second half of 2023; the consortium also holds an option to acquire the remaining 20% between May and July 2024.

Macquarie Asset Management Fund Makes Structured Equity Investment in SwyftFiber

October 26, 2023

Telecommunications

A fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management has agreed to make a structured equity investment in SwyftFiber (CableSouth Media III d/b/a SwyftFiber / SwyftConnect). The investment will support accelerated construction of fiber infrastructure and expansion into existing and new markets across Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas, with a focus on underserved communities and programs such as Louisiana GUMBO and FCC RDOF.

Macquarie Asset Management Acquires Beauparc Utilities

June 1, 2021

Environmental Services

Macquarie Asset Management, via Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 6, has agreed to acquire Beauparc Utilities from founder Eamon Waters and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Fund. Beauparc is a leading waste-to-resource and recycling business operating across Ireland, the UK and the Netherlands, with more than 2,300 employees and a portfolio of about 40 waste facilities; Macquarie intends to invest to grow its circular-economy capabilities.

Macquarie Asset Management Acquires Remaining 20% of National Gas

July 26, 2024

Energy

Macquarie Asset Management, via a consortium of its managed equity and funds, has exercised its option to acquire the remaining 20% equity stake in National Gas from National Grid, giving the consortium 100% ownership. The move secures full control to support National Gas’s operation of the UK gas transmission network and accelerate future initiatives such as hydrogen network development and other decarbonisation projects.

Macquarie Asset Management Acquires Minority Stake in Dow's U.S. Gulf Coast Infrastructure to Launch Diamond Infrastructure Solutions

December 9, 2024

Infrastructure

A fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management agreed to acquire a 40% minority equity stake (with an option to increase to 49%) in select U.S. Gulf Coast infrastructure assets of Dow Inc., forming a new joint-venture platform called Diamond Infrastructure Solutions. The assets—site utilities, power and steam production, pipelines, environmental operations and storage—span five Dow sites in Texas and Louisiana; the transaction provides Dow with cash proceeds (approximately $2.4bn initially, up to ~$3.0bn if Macquarie increases to 49%) and creates a specialist infrastructure operator to serve Dow and third-party industrial customers.