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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.
Obama-era regulations on broadband are back in play. They must be balanced with an industry that has transformed since.
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Blackstone Infrastructure Partners has reached the 'very long-term' target it set out in 2017, generating a 17% IRR in the process.
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The launch of the new vehicle comes after I Squared closed its maiden infrastructure debt fund in June on about $750m.
New York’s Public Service Commission rejected an approach from 86 onshore wind and solar and four offshore wind projects to review rates to previously awarded contracts amid inflation woes.
As the infrastructure world distances itself from China, market participants tell Infrastructure Investor what happens next.
The fund has been able to take advantage of LPs over-allocated to the asset class because of an fundraising market, global head of secondaries Harold Hope told us.
The investment from the Illinois State Treasury requests a doubling of the investment from Ullico in Illinois, although Ullico says there is no formal obligation to do so.
Last week’s acquisitions of DIF and ECP give infra-hungry PE managers the exposure and the track-records to assuage LPs.
The reorganisation of its management comes amid the recent €1.35bn closing of its third fund, €150m short of target.
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