Actually, he sold it to Macquarie (the Aussies), vs. Cintra (the Spaniards).
--same idea, though.
Of course, one wonders who the real investors in these firms are.
One thing for sure, they are becoming the new overlords.
Their together somehow.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=ae6qaLAI2BVo&refer=us
Kofi sends Rudi his love.
BTW, Macquarie Infrastructure is a subsidiary of Macquarie Bank.
This is peanuts compared to the Spanish Bank buying Compass Bank two weeks ago. Some sources were reporting BBVA bought Compass to cash in on the US-Mex wire transfer money.
Others are saying that Cintra was going to be making so much miney off of toll roads in the US, they needed a Spanish bank to keep all the money in.
Dum de dum dum.