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Kalliope Gourntis

Kalliope is Deputy Editor at Infrastructure Investor, focusing primarily on the print edition, the latest role she’s assumed since joining the company in 2013. Kalliope initially covered the US market when she was based in New York, but has since relocated to Europe, where she oversees Infrastructure Investor’s team of reporters in London, New York and Sydney. Prior to joining PEI Media, she worked for Reuters in Athens as Energy Correspondent and has published a number of bylined articles that have appeared in the International Herald Tribune (now New York Times), The Wall Street Journal Europe and The Financial Times.
The Madrid-based firm has also made its first investment through Fund II, acquiring a controlling stake in Spanish community solar developer Barter Energy.
The Colonial Pipeline hack underscores the need for the public and private sector to work together to avoid another preventable disaster.
The US-based private equity firm is said to ‘like’ the strategy John Laing’s recently-appointed CEO implemented, and believes it can grow the company faster under private ownership.
In the last part of our cover story, we look at the challenges and opportunities of integrating electric vehicles into the grid.
The French manager has already deployed circa €1bn from its latest core fund across transportation, digital and social infra in France, Spain and Portugal.
Container freight train
The Vauban-led consortium, which also includes Swiss Life, is understood to be one of four bidders for Ermewa Group, the second-largest industrial railcar lessor in Europe.
Executive pay, like fundraising, proved resilient in 2020 and the trends that are fuelling infra’s growth are likely to drive wage increases.
While the pandemic is an obvious and direct link to toll roads’ return to growth, less obvious, yet noteworthy, is the role that type of traffic and types of commuters play in the sector’s recovery,
The Paris-based fund manager expects to reach final close on $1.5bn before summer, a target which, if met, will make AAIF V nearly double the size of its predecessor.
GPs are venturing into new sub-sectors as they diversify and chase higher returns. But do they have the skillsets to do so successfully?
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