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$5bn targeted for Brookfield fundBrookfield Asset Management is raising a fund to invest in infrastructure in North and South America as well as Europe and Austrasia.
- Pensions flock to EQT II
Pensions (64%) and sovereign wealth funds (4%) make up 68% of the LPs in EQT's €1.9bn second infrastructure fund compared to 28% of LPs for Fund I.
- EQT completes deal for storage company
EQT Infrastructure II wrapped up its acquisition of Westway Group. EQT's second infrastructure fund closed with €1.9bn.
- LambdaStar finished
LambdaStar Infrastructure Partners is no longer. The fund company was best-known for its would-be deal to take over public parking in Harrisburg.
- Fundraising continues upward climb
New global infrastructure fundraising figures show the market has improved every year since the slump that followed the Global Financial Crisis in 2009. Last year’s figure was almost $3bn higher than the previous year at $23.5bn.
- InfraVia in first communications deal
The French fund manager has acquired a 55% stake in fibre optic network operator ADTiM from French companies ETDE, Axione and Eiffage. The deal was the last from InfraVia’s first infrastructure fund, with project financing from Credit Agricole.
- EQT in €1.9bn fund close
The Swedish fund manager has closed its second infrastructure fund, hitting its hard cap of €1.9bn. The fundraise attracted strong demand, with sources saying it could have raised €700m more than its €1.5bn target.
- Week in Review Signal loud and clear
Telecommunication infrastructure assets are the new ‘it’ investments among savvy infrastructure players.
- The 50 most influential people in Europe
Who is shaping the industry? The question is important, because private equity, despite its becoming a more mainstream, institutionalised asset class, fundamentally remains a people's business. Private Equity International picks the people who make all the difference in European private equity.
- EQT raises E2bn fund
The fund will focus on the Nordic region and Germany and will make investments in established industrial and services companies.