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Bruno Alves

Bruno Alves is the Senior Editor of award-winning publication Infrastructure Investor. Bruno has been a journalist for nearly 20 years and first joined Infrastructure Investor in December 2009, where he quickly rose to become Associate Editor and a leading writer covering the infrastructure asset class. He’s been Senior Editor since 2015 and is also responsible for Agri Investor, PEI Group’s agriculture-focused publication.
An asset that should epitomise core investing is at the heart of what could become one of the asset class’s biggest crises.
As LPs flex their muscles in a rebalancing fundraising market, fund sizes stand to decrease.
First quarter unlisted, closed-end fundraising fell by 94% year-on-year to $3.6bn, making it the second worst Q1 on record.
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The fundraising slowdown is truly here with a steep drop in first quarter fundraising. What’s next?
These days, you can feel both optimistic about the asset class and as though you’re living through the last days of Rome.
The stakes are as high as they have ever been for the asset class as the industry’s great and good prepare to attend our Global Summit.
With cheap money out of the picture and the market’s fastest-growing sectors demanding a particular skill set, adding value will look different.
A forensic look at the asset class’s building blocks is urgently needed to take the discussion around sustainable, resilient infrastructure to the next level.
Unlisted, closed-end infrastructure fundraising reached $162bn last year, with four mega-fund closes accounting for 38% of that amount.
Put some distance from the private markets pack, lay claim to emerging climate allocations and take a closer look at corporate infra.
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