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Big fish eating smaller fish
BlackRock’s $12.5bn acquisition of GIP takes consolidation to new heights, underlining infra’s skyrocketing popularity.
Actis chairman Torbjorn Caesar and head of investor solutions Neda Vakilian walk us through the rationale for the deal.
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As skills honed in the oil and gas industry are used to access the baseload source of power beneath our feet, this may be the decade when geothermal energy takes off at scale.
Growing geopolitical tensions over the past year have fuelled reshoring – and in the process – are re-shaping infra investment strategies.
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With infra outperforming practically every other private asset class, and a difficult macro environment persisting, the M&A activity seen in the last two years is probably just the beginning.
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Britain’s infrastructure reputation has taken a beating in recent years thanks to changing governments, Brexit and water utilities in disrepute, to name but a few reasons. But there is a silver lining.
Deals are harder to clinch but they are coming back, paving the way for a better 2024, as infra's top women met in London this week.
Head of private markets Adil Manzoor talks us through the pension’s shifting infra strategy and why it’s in ‘risk-off mode’.
The asset class has faced challenges but has performed well in what has been its first proper test, argues head of infra Gordon Bajnai.
Strategies seeking investments in themes like nature-based solutions, biodiversity and natural resources – or natural capital – have begun to sprout in various infrastructure asset managers’ mandates.
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