Zak Bentley
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.
The Swedish manager is at the early stages of planning the fund, which could raise up to €1bn.
The provision of institutional debt in European PPP projects has increased by 55%, as well as increasing the number of countries lent to.
The group believes that the US will ‘gradually’ offer opportunities for private investors beyond the energy sector.
As the infrastructure sector evolves and the importance of asset management grows, four industry experts tell Zak Bentley what they do to enact real change
The country’s desire ‘to send a positive signal’ to renewable investors would be far more effective if it stopped trying to battle compensation awards from its past