Ofwat has launched a new consultation following notification of a change in ownership that affects two regulated companies - a new Swiss investor has acquired a significant stake in Portsmouth Water and Leep Networks (Water) Ltd.

Severn Trent has today announced it is looking to raise a total of approximately £1 billion from a major New Ordinary Shares issue to help fund its upcoming AMP8 investment programme.

Macquarie Asset Management, on behalf of its institutional clients, has finalised a £120 million debt investment in the holding company of Anglian Water in the United Kingdom.

Dalmore Capital has told the Competition and Markets Authority that there is “a real sense of nervousness from our UK-based investors in investing in UK regulated utilities”.

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM). one of the largest global institutional investors and the largest money manager in the UK, is warning that companies that fail to take action on climate change will lose its shareholder backing. 

Independent infrastructure investment advisory firm Arjun Infrastructure Partners has completed the acquisition of the 75% equity stake currently owned and controlled by KKR’s infrastructure funds and other accounts in South Staffordshire Plc.

The BT Pension Scheme has bought a 13 per cent stake in Kemble Water, the Thames Water holding company, from funds managed by Australian investment bank Macquarie.