staging
The head of infrastructure has been in the driving seat for two years, trying to bring the asset manager closer to its investors. Halfway to its $10bn AUM target, we find out how heโ€™s doing.
Direct investment
The Australian firmโ€™s head of infrastructure equity for the Americas, Dylan Foo, will lead the new initiative while continuing in his current role.
Long row a very tall windmills offshore
Several of the countryโ€™s major pension funds were singled out for improper risk management and valuation methods.
The government is in the process of identifying candidate sites with the first auctions expected in โ€˜early summerโ€™.
The launch of AVAIO Capital earlier this month makes the investment manager the new firm on the block, but its start in infrastructure has been three years coming. Mark McComiskey joined engineering giant AECOM in 2016 to establish a financing arm dedicated to infrastructure, but he and his colleague, Anthony Gordon, along with a yet-to-be-announced [โ€ฆ]
The countryโ€™s highways authority will have to choose between accepting a bid thatโ€™s lower than its base price of $766m or restructure and re-tender the bundle of eight toll roads.
The vehicle has a $1bn target and is a successor to the groupโ€™s debut vehicle which closed in June 2017.
An ageing population coupled with government budgetary constraints provide strong fundamentals. But while infra investors might be better custodians than PE, we find they should do a thorough check-up before diving in.
The countryโ€™s desire โ€˜to send a positive signalโ€™ to renewable investors would be far more effective if it stopped trying to battle compensation awards from its past
Cannes, France - July 3, 2017: A view of the Vieux Port, the Old Port of Cannes, and Le Suquet district, the old town, in the background
The next generation of investors are increasingly interested in how returns are made, rather than just how big they are, partner David Jeffrey tells the IPEM conference in Cannes.
Rattled investors are looking to bilateral treaties for protection against the potential renationalisation of UK assets. We take a look at whether these measures will have the desired effect.
With over $80bn raised for closed-ended funds, 2018 was the biggest fundraising year for the asset class. Find out all the details in our interactive report.
The Taiwanese government is expected to announce a final decision on 2019 FiT by the end of next week.
ESG has become a โ€˜matter of strategic positioningโ€™ rather than the โ€˜compliance considerationโ€™ it used to be, according to the group.
Gender divide
Private equity's diversity issue goes deeper than firms not seeing enough female candidates.
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