Zak Bentley
Zak Bentley is a senior reporter at Infrastructure Investor based in London. Zak joined Infrastructure Investor in 2016 from Centaur where he was a reporter at their Clean Energy Pipeline title.
He has a detailed knowledge and experience of the financial and regulatory aspects of the global renewable energy market, as well as the wider infrastructure market.
Zak has a degree in English and History from the University of Birmingham.
Energy transition: living in a merchant-power world
As renewables projects ditch subsidies, four industry participants talk about why they prefer market risk. But all acknowledge they will need to work harder than ever, not least to convince investors they are well-equipped to handle the sector’s changing risk profile
Meridiam collects further €339m in reopening of African infra fund
The fund launched in 2015 is now €246m above its original target size, after falling short by €93m in the first fundraising round.
French manager eyes €500m for next vehicle after exceeding fund III hard-cap
RGreen Invest’s Infragreen III fund is already 75% invested following its €307m closing.
IFM teams up with Polish state fund for port, two years after government blocked...
The circa €1.1 billion deal for DCT Gdansk is IFM’s first in Poland since the government in 2017 blocked it for being a fund ‘focused on aggressive profit’.
Global Summit: Regulated, contracted and merchant – how infra should really be defined
A panel member also spoke of how European fund managers are much closer to perceptions of infrastructure than US-based ones.
Ardian Fund V becomes largest Europe-focused infra vehicle at €6.1bn
Almost 50% of the LPs came from Asia and the Middle East, with Ardian’s head of infrastructure ‘surprised’ at the €12bn demand for new European fund
BNP AM begins ‘natural next step’ with €2bn infra debt Korean partnership
The expansion into junior debt by the French group could lead to the launch of a dedicated fund in the near future.
Investors press Ardian to keep Fund V below €7bn – exclusive
The fund, currently sitting at around €6bn, lacks an official hard-cap, but has received market demand for as much as €12bn.
EV infrastructure ‘unprofitable and unproven’, says S&P
Technology risks, costs and a lack of standardisation have been flagged as obstacles to making the sector profitable for investors and utilities.
Year in Review: Making the free market a little less free
While the West has long distrusted Chinese investment in infrastructure, in 2018 this has been extended beyond China, exposing worrying trends.
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