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Kalliope Gourntis

Kalliope is Deputy Editor at Infrastructure Investor, focusing primarily on the print edition, the latest role she’s assumed since joining the company in 2013. Kalliope initially covered the US market when she was based in New York, but has since relocated to Europe, where she oversees Infrastructure Investor’s team of reporters in London, New York and Sydney. Prior to joining PEI Media, she worked for Reuters in Athens as Energy Correspondent and has published a number of bylined articles that have appeared in the International Herald Tribune (now New York Times), The Wall Street Journal Europe and The Financial Times.
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.
But a tug-of-war is unfolding between capital flowing into energy transition vehicles and real-life progress regarding climate change.
With no further mega-fund closes, Q3 managed to add $19bn to this year’s H1 tally, resulting in the strongest nine-month fundraising period.
With the Russia-Ukraine war in full force and winter around the corner, it’s unsurprising that energy-related issues dominated a good portion of our inaugural Investor Forum, held in London last week.
These increasingly popular assets’ environmental impact and vulnerability to climate change merit closer attention.
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More than 15% of the new fund has been committed for the acquisition of Unison, marking the French firm’s first telecoms investment in the US but also the evolution of its strategy, senior team members tell us.
Greater transparency is welcome. But given the role side letters have in securing ESG-related reporting, we fear the asset class will be poorer with a weakening of those provisions.
Rakiza Infrastructure Fund, co-managed by Equitix and Oman Infrastructure Investment Management, has crossed the half-way mark towards its final target after securing $300m from Saudi Arabia's PIF.
The Italian asset manager has raised more than half of its final target at first close for Infrastructure Debt Fund I whose strategy will focus on senior and junior debt.
The deal, which is in line with the UK firm’s plan to increase its AUM by 20-25% annually over the medium-term, will also serve as a ‘pathway’ to Asian markets.
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