Strategy

The PE player has sold its buyout activities to focus on the energy transition, with a new CEO at the helm.

Matina Papathanasiou, who co-founded QIC’s infrastructure business 17 years ago, will retire from the firm in October.

SK Shieldus is EQT’s first South Korean infra deal, as the firm targets further investments in energy, transport and digital infra.

Asia-based real estate firms focusing on the infra space may be able to hit the ground running but banking on the similarities between asset classes won’t be enough for the long haul.

Managers and advisers identify the opportunities and challenges.

The sector is the most attractive it has been in over a decade, says Alexander Waller, Patrizia’s head of infrastructure debt.

CapitaLand China Data Centre Partners is the third such fund for CapitaLand Investment, which previously closed two South Korea data centre funds in 2020 and 2021, respectively.

After establishing itself as a presence in the infra space in Africa and the Middle East, AP Moller Capital is set to focus on the emerging markets of Asia.

LP due diligence is focusing on managers’ ability to replicate historical performance in a very different economic environment.

Aware Super is aiming to invest in an independent network of intermodal terminals that will help unlock the full benefits of Australia’s national rail freight network.