Global group wins A$10.3b bid for Australia power assets
Successful bidders for TransGrid beat rival offers from companies including State Grid Corp of China
Sydney
INVESTORS from Canada and the Middle East are part of a group that agreed to pay about A$10.3 billion (S$10.5 billion) for an electricity network in Australia's most-populous state, beating rival offers from companies including State Grid Corp of China.
The successful bidders for TransGrid, the New South Wales (NSW) state transmission business, are Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Kuwait Investment Authority, Hastings Funds Management Ltd and Spark Infrastructure Group, the government said on Wednesday.
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