Fundraising

Emerging markets specialist Actis has delayed the first close of its inaugural infrastructure fund and lowered the target for the vehicle to $1.5 billion, a source familiar with the matter told Infrastructure Investor. The source said decreasing the fundraising target from $2 billion was done, in part, to allow for more co-investment opportunities, in which […]

Archmore Infrastructure Debt Platform II is almost double the size of its predecessor and is 20% invested.

Up to 12 projects will be developed over the coming years through the seventh investment of InfraRed’s fifth fund.

The Irish group has so far secured €229m for the latest vehicle, which has a broader strategy than its predecessor including wind, solar and storage projects across Europe.

The Downing Flexible Generation Fund is the investment manager’s first institutional vehicle for infrastructure and is focused on the UK market.

More than $80bn has been raised for pure-play infrastructure strategies as of mid-December, setting the stage for an even bigger 2019.

The Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund is mulling a $400m commitment to GIP's latest flagship, in what will be its fourth investment with the manager.

The Australian fund manager will target both domestic and offshore investors in 2019 as it seeks to raise a total of $723.5m for investments at home and in New Zealand.

The group’s third-generation vehicle was launched earlier this year with a target of €750m and has already made three investments.

The former Green Investment Bank fund manager and underbidder has rolled over assets from the GIB’s first energy efficiency fund into a new public vehicle.