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The former president of BNK Financial Group, Hyo-Joon Ahn, has taken over the role today.
A lack of reporting standardisation is now widely seen as obstacle number one.
This will be a record year and 2019 could top it. As the market shifts up a gear, we consider the major themes impacting fundraising.
Two Canadian pensions funds have invested in Pacifico Sur, a 309-kilometer Mexican toll road that is poised to benefit from increased regional trade as well as tourism-driven light traffic, underscoring the attractiveness of transportation assets in growth markets ย for long-term institutional investors. The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board and Ontario Teachersโ€™ Pension Plan together purchased [โ€ฆ]
The vehicle, which is the first of its kind, will seek to invest across the EV infrastructure space, targeting low double-digit returns.
Damian Sence, a former managing director of MIRA, will be focusing on origination and investment and asset management in the firm
The firmโ€™s second debt vehicle has exceeded its โ‚ฌ700m target following commitments from European and Asian LPs.
At Private Debt Investorโ€™s recent New York forum, participants argued itโ€™s pointless guessing when the benign credit cycle will end. But as senior editor Andy Thomson points out, itโ€™s imperative to be prepared.
Core assets, including transportation and power, account for 81% of the pensionโ€™s infra portfolio, returning 24.8% for the year ending 30 June.
The private funds manager hired Kara Helander from BlackRock to lead the effort for a more diverse and inclusionary workplace.
Partners Groupโ€™s collected โ‚ฌ2.2 billion for its Direct Infrastructure 2016 fund in February, alongside a further โ‚ฌ800 million for separate accounts and other infrastructure vehicles.
Of the private capital multilateral lenders have mobilised, only 3% has been invested in low-income countries, S&P finds.
The $66bn Permanent Fund Corporation has just committed to Morgan Stanleyโ€™s new India fund and co-invested alongside the manager in the North American midstream sector.
The vehicle will deploy $15m-$40m per transaction.
From trade wars to population growth, Maven Libera director Megan Raynal tells investors what to watch out for.
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