Fundraising

The real estate investor’s debut digital infrastructure fund, in partnership with Digital Bridge, is on track to beat its fundraising target.

The fund has committed to offshore wind projects in Taiwan and Australia, as well as geothermal sites in Germany.

Hostplus CIO Sam Sicilia says that high-level talks have already taken place as agriculture becomes relatively less risky.

With our preliminary figures showing just over $10bn raised, the first quarter of the year is a far cry from the $31bn closed in Q1 2017 - even discounting GIP III's record haul.

Strategic Partners Real Assets II has hit final close on $1.75bn, edging out Ardian's $1.7bn ASF VII Infrastructure.

More than 20 LPs are backing the 10-year vehicle, which closed on its hard-cap.

The Cathay Smart Energy Fund has a $250m target and will invest in emerging technologies, including energy storage and low carbon assets in China.

Reliable data security measures are more important than returns or fee alignment to LPs, according to the annual CFA survey on investor trust.

The EIB is currently considering an injection of up to €100m into the vehicle, which has a €700m hard-cap.

The Hong Kong-listed fund manager is working on reaching a $700m third close and completing its third investment within the next two months.