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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.
Illustration of a fundraising guru.
Global Infrastructure Debt Fund II is targeting $2.5bn and is the firm’s second high-yield infrastructure credit vehicle.
The hiring of Michael Hoverman from CIM Group launches a new vertical for the $76bn US-based real estate manager.
Copenhagen infrastructure Partners is believed to be planning a final close by year-end for the mammoth energy transition fund.
The Maple 8 pension started infra investing in 2019 and is now involved in some of the biggest deals. Head of infra Steve Smith relays the growth.
Piles of dollar bills
The fund, which will see Stonepeak invest between $75m and $250m in equity cheques, exceeded its $2.5bn target.
The Net Zero Power Fund, which has made five investments to date, also secured $1bn in co-investment capital.
Global head of infra Michael Hill shares his disappointment with the UK utility outcome and talks about what’s next for the Canadian pension.
Global passenger numbers in 2024 are set to exceed 2019 levels for the first time, bringing back with it investor interest.
Solar panels
Once just regarded as small rooftop solar assets, the distributed generation sector is becoming the target of infrastructure funds in the US. We find out why.
The industry has a mixed reaction to the US energy regulator’s update to a 2011 measure that ultimately underwhelmed.
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