Europe

The UK-based manager believes mid-size infrastructure companies ‘have typically not received the full attention of their previous owners’.

Darryl Murphy’s promotion from head of infrastructure debt to the newly created role comes just under three years since his arrival from KPMG.

Eurazeo chief executive Virginie Morgon says the private equity industry has 'enormous responsibility' to address inequality and the consequences of climate change.

In our final Deep Dive instalment, we look at the UK, the first to emphatically reject PPPs, and find an unresolved debate on value-for-money and poorly shared refinancing gains as lessons to be learned.

Thierry Déau, founder and CEO of Meridiam, on how environmental, social and governance criteria can be factored into long-term infrastructure development.

The fund, launched by the founders of Equitix, is seeking at least £200m which will also look to invest in renewable energy equity and debt.

Investors are seeking out lower-risk alternatives to existing fixed income and real asset equity exposure, according to investment consultant bfinance.

Contractual rigidity, value-for-money questions and bad risk allocation all threaten to sink the model. Major intervention will be needed to bring it back to health.

The German manager intends to keep its third instalment at a similar size as it seeks to maintain its current strategy.

The firm has been organising itself to take advantage of increased opportunity in the asset class, according to co-chief executive David Layton.