Anne-Louise Stranne Petersen
With GPs seeking up to $250bn, we spoke to five top placement agents to learn what they can expect in this difficult year.
The €1bn Marguerite III will look to attract more private institutional funding on top of its strong public investor base.
At $1.5bn, the fund’s target is twice that of its predecessor – Michael Bonte-Friedheim and Shane Swords explain why they believe bigger is better.
The notion of what makes an investment and a country low risk was challenged in 2022 as global energy producers and developers faced new taxes and regulatory measures.
This year has seen the energy transition go from being a good idea to becoming an irrefutable necessity and fund managers were quick to jump on the bandwagon.
The IRA has excited the industry but even optimists were a bit wary about inflation, supply-chain issues and Europe's lacklustre grid.
The region offers some of the best risk-adjusted returns in Europe for those willing to navigate its tricky grid connections.
The continent has supercharged the global LNG market, shifting demand from East to West, with opportunities flaring up along the way.
Martin Bradley, head of EMEA, real assets, tells us Macquarie wanted to be ‘dominant’ in European utilities and doubts ‘anyone else will be able to build a portfolio like this’.
The European Investment Fund provided a €75m cornerstone commitment, with the fund likely to close in the next 12 months.