Bruno Alves
We catch up with IFM Investors executive director Tom Osborne on the new bipartisan infra plan, how to implement asset recycling in the US, PPPs, the new Infrastructure Financing Authority and much more.
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Blackstone’s QTS Realty Trust deal says less about whether data centres are infra or real estate and more about how long-term capital can play across a variety of sectors.
Three of the biggest names in our GI 50 ranking are now targeting Indonesia, whereas our top investor sees lack of interest in EMs as an ‘attractive opportunity’.
The UK developer’s new strategy is endorsed as it’s freed from its public-markets straitjacket, while the US manager gets a boost for its new core infra business.
I Squared Capital founder Sadek Wahba discusses why the Biden administration’s infra plan is a crucial first step, and how a US version of the World Bank could play a key role in mobilising private capital.
Much as renewables are driving sector-focused equity fundraising, the same movement is being seen on the debt side, with digital infra potentially not far behind.
The biggest fund raised in Q1 is dedicated to the sector. And of the top five vehicles closed, only one is a generalist.
Just shy of $24bn was raised by 13 funds in the first quarter of the year, with specialised strategies accounting for 38% of the number of vehicles closed.
The manager now has a 19-strong team in the region, with the new vehicle looking to invest in telecoms, transportation, logistics and energy transition.