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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.
The French manager had a busy 2018 celebrating a fourth fund close and 10 years of existence. Founder and CEO Vincent Levita and partner Bruno Candès tell us what’s next for the firm and why they will keep saying no to larger deals.
The expansion into junior debt by the French group could lead to the launch of a dedicated fund in the near future.
The fund, currently sitting at around €6bn, lacks an official hard-cap, but has received market demand for as much as €12bn.
Technology risks, costs and a lack of standardisation have been flagged as obstacles to making the sector profitable for investors and utilities.
While the West has long distrusted Chinese investment in infrastructure, in 2018 this has been extended beyond China, exposing worrying trends.
The French manager had a busy 2018 celebrating a fourth fund close and 10 years of existence. Founder and CEO Vincent Levita and partner Bruno Candès tell us what’s next for the firm and why they will keep saying no to larger deals.
The asset class generated a 12.5% return and the allocation could be increased, CIO Claus Stampe tells us, despite recent local watchdog censure on infrastructure investments.
The proceeds from the listing on the London Stock Exchange are expected to be deployed within six months, as the fund manager bids to diversify UK-based renewables-focused capital.
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company believes the deal ‘is laying the groundwork’ for further infrastructure investment by institutional investors.
New research suggests allocations to the sector are set to double over the next five years. But nostalgia seems to be driving what investors want and obscuring what they can get.
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