Zak Bentley
At a panel on our recent Global Investor Offsite comparing approaches to sustainability between investors in Europe and Asia-Pacific, Ronak Patel, a partner at placement agent Campbell Lutyens, remarked that LPs were “quite fed-up” with pure renewable power funds or projects. A cursory look at this year’s fundraising statistics shows a $4.8 billion close for BlackRock […]
The fund, which is believed to be targeting about €500m, is set for a first close before the end of the year.
While the Bipartisan Agreement remains light on detail, it points to a hopeful future for investors.
Antin Infrastructure Partners Mid Cap I, which began fundraising at the beginning of this year, was originally targeting €1.5bn.
Once considered a niche by both infra and private debt investors, infra debt has become an important part of how LPs allocate.
Just over half the capital was raised from Nordic LPs but the region-specific fund also drew investment from outside the region for the first time.
A first close is planned by the end of the year, with the vehicle targeting higher-returning assets than its recently launched London-listed fund.
The Global Infrastructure Debt Fund, BlackRock’s first comingled fund targeting high-yield debt, had raised about $250m before the pandemic.
The industry veteran will lead a new capital formation team at Quinbrook, having previously served as managing director at BlackRock.
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