Zak Bentley
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
The private equity and infrastructure manager has already held discussions with ‘investors from all walks of life’, partner George Ridd tells us.
The investment in a fibre network on the French island of Réunion is the first by the team formed in April last year by the former EDF Invest infrastructure arm.
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
Infrastructure has overtaken private debt and alongside real estate now makes up a majority of bfinance’s private market manager searches.
There’s a wealth of interest in the asset class but leverage creep, differing expectations and the spectre of a downturn are creating challenges, six industry experts explain.
The new vehicle this week added Vantage Airport Group and plans to focus its strategy on airport and airport-related investments.
The move could see the group raise up €1bn for its equity vehicle, in a diversification from its managed account investment strategy.
The fund is targeting a net return of 10%, with the firm’s two previous funds both generating IRRs of about 13%.