May 2019 issue

More than halfway towards its €1bn hard-cap, KKR veteran Jesús Olmos’s new outfit is off to a strong start.

When ICG thought about setting up an infra business, it was lucky enough to find a team at EDF Invest ready and waiting. New head Guillaume d’Engremont outlines the plan.

An agreement with AECOM to source projects and a focus on greenfield make AVAIO Capital stand out from the mid-market pack.

With average fund sizes getting bigger and bigger, new GPs are – wisely – choosing to target the mid-market. We cast the spotlight on three new firms with roots in larger industry outfits.

Taking its motives at face value, there is no obvious reason for the Government Pension Fund Global not to invest across the wider infra universe.

Izzet Güney and Henri Piganeau, of Cube Infrastructure Managers’ Connecting Europe Broadband Fund, highlight the opportunity presented by fibre-optic rollout in European rural areas

An overview of the milestones in the digital revolution, from 1947 to today, helps point the way to what’s next

Oaktree Capital Management wasn’t looking for a partner when Brookfield Asset Management approached it. Founder Howard Marks discusses the merger, and what lies ahead for private markets

Claire Smith, alternatives director at Schroders, discusses the potential disruption from renationalisation, regulatory reforms and Brexit

Digital infrastructure is a relatively new sector and is developing rapidly, with investment pouring into data centres, fibre and towers

With Australia’s asset-recycling programme over, dealflow is now a solidly mid-market affair. But our roundtable participants tell us they do not see a slowdown soon.

Meridiam’s second closing of its Africa infrastructure fund shows both the opportunities provided by the continent and investors’ continued perceptions of it.

Digital infrastructure is already mainstream and keeps growing in importance

Digital infrastructure was a hot topic at this year’s Global Summit. Here are the highlights from the biggest event in the infrastructure investment calendar

In buying Oaktree and capturing its credit business, Brookfield now has capital to serve its clients at all times, says chief executive Bruce Flatt

From what excites them to what worries them, LPs and GPs share their views on the digital sector

AMP Capital partner Matt Evans explains how investing in the systems that connect people, business and things can harness the growth and progress of our digital journey

DIF partner Willem Jansonius discusses starting small, building scale and enhancing value in the global under-developed telecoms infrastructure sector

With technology rapidly changing, making accurate predictions – and successful long-term investments – is increasingly hard. But, as Ben Hammersley explains, it is by no means impossible

Both institutional investors and equities shareholders have been pushing for consolidation in private markets in a bid to stabilise profits.

With C$18bn in the asset class, OMERS’ head of infrastructure Ralph Berg says that partnering with some of the world’s most sophisticated institutions is ‘now a core pillar’ of the pension’s strategy

Tim Briggs, a partner in Herbert Smith Freehills’ competition, trade and regulation practice, on why the UK’s regulatory framework has been so successful, its greenfield potential and how it could all fall apart

Marc Ganzi, co-founder and CEO of Digital Bridge, on telecoms’ evolution from venture capital play to burgeoning institutional digital infrastructure asset class

Resorting to a plebiscite to block the privatisation of airport operator ADP would not only be counterproductive, it would set a dangerous precedent whereby a minority in parliament could block legislation it didn’t like.