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KKR’s Asia Pacific Infrastructure Investors II is the largest regional fund raised to date, overtaking Macquarie Asia-Pacific Infrastructure Fund III, which itself took the crown from KKR’s first APAC vehicle.

Only $112bn was raised by closed-end structures last year compared with a high of $172bn in 2022.

An increased 7% infra allocation and a new mandate will make APG’s commitment to the energy transition even clearer, says asset class chief Jan-Willem Ruisbroek.

Gisele Everett’s departure comes alongside other senior members of the team, amid a restructuring by new infra head Michael Hill.

Cabanes has departed alongside fellow director Deepak Malhotra, months after CDPQ India managing director Saurabh Agarwal also left.

Global head of real assets Nik Kemp outlines how the superfund is looking to grow its infra business and address its underallocation to European assets.

Adam Lygoe, head of Institutional and International Wealth Distribution, sees more LP ‘allocations continuing to come online in the infra space’.

In an exclusive interview, the industry veteran talks about leaving Apollo, setting up Northampton Capital Partners, and why he’s not afraid to ‘get creative’.

Of the seven staff Plenary poached from AMP Capital to run its funds management arm in 2021, four have now left, including CEO and partner Julie-Anne Mizzi.

BlackRock’s $12.5bn acquisition of GIP takes consolidation to new heights, underlining infra’s skyrocketing popularity.