North America

Cordiant bets on green hydrogen by buying HydrogenOne manager

The deal will bring about co-investments and secondary opportunities, and could be a harbinger of more deals in the same vein. 

ECP to seek $5bn for Fund VI – exclusive

The vehicle, set to be launched in the new year, follows the $4.4bn close of its predecessor in May.

EQT launches new energy transition fund

The new strategy could raise close to €5bn. It will deploy capital to help scale up ‘the infra of the future’, Asís Echániz, head of Transition Infrastructure Europe, tells us.

I Squared 2.0: The mid-market champion enters a new era

Co-founders Sadek Wahba and Gautam Bhandari on I Squared Capital’s journey from start-up to blue-chip infra manager, why they’re not migrating to ‘larger and larger cheque sizes’, and why they intend to remain independent.

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North America has, for many years, been a preeminent infrastructure investment destination. Interest in the region has now accelerated driven by the US, on account of President Joe Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan. Combine that with the world’s most dynamic energy market, the energy transition and digital infrastructure mega-trends – as well as an LP community with plenty of room to grow their allocations to the asset class – and North America is likely to feature prominently in our coverage for many years to come. Given those factors, we are expanding our coverage of the region and offer our readers the opportunity on this page to explore key stories, news analysis, opinion and features.

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A tale of two pensions lays bare infra’s challenges

New York City’s Bureau of Asset Management’s ban on fossil fuel-related infra contrasts with regret on green investments by Denmark’s ATP.
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