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Zak Bentley

Zak Bentley is a senior reporter at Infrastructure Investor based in London. Zak joined Infrastructure Investor in 2016 from Centaur where he was a reporter at their Clean Energy Pipeline title. He has a detailed knowledge and experience of the financial and regulatory aspects of the global renewable energy market, as well as the wider infrastructure market. Zak has a degree in English and History from the University of Birmingham.
After the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and last year’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, legislators will be hoping the building blocks are in place for successful infrastructure investment. But how do investors feel?
Blackstone Infrastructure Partners exited public positions in Aena and a US utility earlier this year, generating IRRs of 34% and 54%, respectively.
Many wind farms globally are suffering production losses, in part due to construction errors. What are the causes, and can we remedy them?
Luba Nikulina joins IFM’s London office following 17 years at WTW, where she was most recently global head of research.
Irini Kalamakis joins the Canadian pension fund’s London office as a senior managing director and global head of its Strategic Partnerships Program.
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Core funds are in strong demand, but their returns targets will need to match the motivations of LPs investing in them.
Now billed as Global Infrastructure Fund IV, the fund has broadened its strategy to include digital infrastructure, transport and logistics assets.
A demand for larger GP commitments and carry waterfalls surfaces alongside a fear of too much new money entering the market, Probitas Partners reports.
The capital raised, secured against a $4bn target, has been deployed in three deals spanning energy and transport across Europe and the US.
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