Matthieu Favas
The benchmarks show the asset class’s resilience over the last decade and returns of nearly 15% for merchant infrastructure equity, the best performing segment in Europe.
The reshuffle at the top of the private markets team comes after the firm warned of lofty valuations in core infrastructure.
The IFC, which has stepped up its operations in the country since the 2016 election of President Mauricio Macri, is backing a $400m modernisation programme in Buenos Aires.
The French firm eyes further deals in the country through a partnership with a local operator and a developer.
‘Challenging execution’ at a time of heightened competition is pushing sovereigns towards real estate rather than infrastructure, a survey finds.
The French firm has now deployed about 70% of its €1bn Fund III within eight months of closing it.
Ben Loomes will run a business comprising six listed and private funds.
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Samsung Life and KDB are among the institutions investing in the €600m Gaziantep project, which benefits from a MIGA guarantee, via a dedicated fund.
As GPIF takes its first steps towards infra, participants at our Tokyo Summit suggest the country’s LPs look set to follow suit
The two pensions have increased their stake in Spain’s second-largest gas transportation business, which Goldman Sachs had put on sale last year.