Featured

The €1bn Marguerite III will look to attract more private institutional funding on top of its strong public investor base.

At $1.5bn, the fund’s target is twice that of its predecessor – Michael Bonte-Friedheim and Shane Swords explain why they believe bigger is better.

One year after the acquisition of AMP Capital’s infrastructure debt business, Ares Management has closed the fifth fund in the series – and its first infrastructure debt fund on $5bn, hailing it as the largest ever infrastructure debt fund.

Not yet fodder for infra investors, but outside the wheelhouse of most VCs, infratech has endured a funding gap – but that’s changing.

The real estate manager will remain a minority shareholder of the new unit, which could look to launch a new line of funds in the credit and core spaces.

The US pension plan’s CIO also lauded the role of globally listed infrastructure as a route going forward for the Illinois fund.

Andrew Forrest, Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar all emerged as potentially significant players in Australia’s emissions reduction journey in 2022, taking different approaches with the same end goal.

With heavyweights PAG and ESR honing in on renewable energy and data centres in 2022, more real estate firms could be set to enter the infra space.

This year’s volatility saw little effect on fundraising. That may come to change as a host of megafunds arrive in 2023.

High inflation has led to a sea change in the investment environment. The big question now is how long will it last? And will infra really thrive in a high inflationary period?