Fundraising

Martin Bradley, head of EMEA, real assets, tells us Macquarie wanted to be ‘dominant’ in European utilities and doubts ‘anyone else will be able to build a portfolio like this’.

Macquarie reaches €12.6bn raised for their Super Core strategy.

The fund marks real asset manager ESR’s first foray into traditional infrastructure, having acquired ARA Asset Management earlier this year.

The European Investment Fund provided a €75m cornerstone commitment, with the fund likely to close in the next 12 months.

The Singapore-based subsidiary of real assets manager ESR has announced a final close for its second CAF fund.

The firm looks for investments in energy, water and urban infra that are well positioned to weather the 'triple threat' of physical, regulatory and policy climate risks.

Alcazar Energy Partners II has received backing from a group of European institutional investors.

With $49bn of infra AUM, KKR’s senior executives reflect on a decade of growth across geographies and strategies.

The asset class’s biggest managers raised an extra $159.5bn since last year’s ranking, as investors seek a safe haven in a volatile world.

Asian investors are a particularly attractive capital pool, LGIM global head of real assets Bill Hughes tells us.