The firm – which had previously raised four energy funds targeting greenfield and development project – hopes to reach a final close on the $2bn vehicle by year end.
Senior managing director Phil Peters said MIRA’s limited partners typically want co-investments in core infrastructure assets.
Patrick Samson, head of infrastructure at the Canadian pension, talks about the growth of Asian renewables and how the continent is one of the few markets offering long-dated electricity contracts.
The categorisation of infrastructure is more down to the returns generated, delegates in Berlin heard.
The global real estate firm has teamed up with Brookfield Asset Management for a 50:50 venture expected to be China’s biggest provider of rooftop solar renewable energy.
Populist sentiment may be putting pressure on politicians to tighten regulation, but improving communication between the public and private sectors – and changing the tone on both sides – is key to managing political risk.
Tobias Reichmuth, founder and CEO of energy transition manager SUSI Partners, argues storage will continue to predominantly be an equity return for the next three to four years.
Vincent Levita, founder and CEO of InfraVia Capital Partners, argues investors need to keep their discipline in 2018, but they also need to identify new geographies and sectors to invest in.
Panelists speaking in Berlin predicted 10-year US treasury yields will climb from 2.7% to 3.6% over the next five years.
Jason Munsch, senior principal at Alberta Teachers' Retirement Fund, underlines some of the challenges facing the industry, including pressures in the core market and the dangers of managers bleeding up the risk curve.
The Korean pension-led PE fund is teaming up with KEPCO, Korea’s state-owned utility, once again, this time adding three US solar assets to their joint portfolio.
Charles Dupont, Schroders' head of infrastructure finance, talks about the firm's new UK debt fund in the age of Brexit.
Six of the country's largest investors have signed an open letter calling on asset managers to adhere to a code of conduct, in a move to 'rebuild confidence.'
Bo Bai, chief executive of US-China Green Fund, compares the development of such vehicles in China with the previous boom in the country’s solar sector.
The Danish firm is $135m shy of its target, having held a second close for its maiden vehicle on $865m last month.