A debt panel at the Berlin Summit 2013 argued that thereโs considerable interest in managed accounts and other bespoke solutions for infrastructure debt over blind-pool funds.
La Banque Postale Asset Management's hybrid vehicle will continue to fundraise for the next nine months.
Global Infrastructure Partners chairman Abebayo 'Bayo' Ogunlesi talked up the asset class and detailed his investment record at the Infrastructure Investor Berlin Summit 2013.
Joschka Fischer, former Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Germany, advised investors to engage with all sides of the political spectrum as well as the public.
Pensions (64%) and sovereign wealth funds (4%) make up 68% of the LPs in EQT's โฌ1.9bn second infrastructure fund compared to 28% of LPs for Fund I.
Ouma Sananikone has joined the Macquarie Infrastructure Company board of directors. Sananikone is a highly regarded businesswoman in Australia.
Enrique Fuentes has joined Bastion Infrastructure Group as partner. Fuentes is noted for his 13-year stint with Cintra and Ferrovial.ย
Karim Mahmud has moved from Blake, Cassels and Graydon to join the Washington DC-based law firmโs new global effort.
An Expressions of Interest (EOI) process for New South Walesโ North West Rail Link โOperations, Trains and Systemsโ PPP has come to an end. Three bidding groups will compete for the contract.
The Canadian-headquartered bank has recruited Matthew Wright as an associate director in its global infrastructure finance group. Wright joins from Australian toll road operator Transurban.
A group of investors are funding a new $126m desalination plant in Accra, the capital city of Ghana. Spainโs Abengoa and Japanโs Sojitz Corporation are providing the equity, while Standard Bank is committing senior debt.
The New York-based alternative investment giant has acquired three solar photovoltaic plants in Ontario for an undisclosed sum from an affiliate of Starwood Energy Group.
Bernardo Sottomayor, a managing director at RREEF Infrastructure, has become the latest member of the team to depart Deutsche Bank. Sottomayor joins Antin Infrastructure as a partner.
LPs in RREEFโs second infrastructure fund asked for the โฌ620m they had committed at first close to be returned to them following the aborted sale of Deutsche Bankโs alternatives business.
The global alternative asset manager has appointed Niel Thassim as head of Asia for its Private Funds Group to drive fundraising for private investment vehicles across its asset classes.