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Martin Klepper recently resigned as the first executive director of the Build America Bureau but says President Trump has at least sparked a conversation about infrastructure that’s been ‘very helpful’.

The manager will hold its next close by 15 December on more than $6.5bn, with its second fund one deal away from being fully deployed.

The deal - which will Brookfield Asset Management buy German manager Lampe Equity Management - gives the Canadian manager's renewables platform a wind and solar portfolio of over 600MW spread across five funds.

The fund, which has made three investments to date, also exceeded its hard-cap by $24m.

Marguerite sells the energy holdings in France, Germany and Belgium and a toll road stake in Spain as it begins to exit its first fund and prepares to launch another €700m vehicle.

The Canadian pension’s proposed $350m investment may result in the third-largest shareholding in the Indian renewables developer.

The Macquarie debt vehicle’s second social housing deal is part of a wider £270m debt package.

The deal is the scheme’s largest to date and was sealed by the Multi-Strategy Infrastructure Fund, which now has £750m of commitments.

No cybersecurity programme can be totally foolproof, but there are key ways to reinforce any effort and mitigate the biggest cyber-risks.

The manager’s maiden fund returned 2.1x capital and generated an 11.4% IRR on exit. Co-founders Ed Clarke and Martin Lennon talk us through the process and describe what’s changed in the market since its launch.