Strategy

An investor at this week’s New York Summit said LPs are wise to ‘lock up contractual income’ as foreign institutions seek access to the US market.

Alphabet’s entry into the asset class foreshadows a potential disruption that will force investors to choose between betting on tech or being disrupted themselves.

Pickett will report to Stephen Dowd, the firm’s global head of infrastructure, who also worked at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.

JIDA Capital Partners is in talks with potential anchor investors to start raising the vehicle alone during the first quarter of next year.

The new infra team, led by managing director Anna Sundell, numbers three but is expected to grow to five by the end of the year.

Northleaf ranked 21st in the latest SI 30, having raised $2.38bn between January 2014 and June 2019. Sister publication Secondaries Investor caught up with managing director Michael Flood to discuss the firm’s recent $1bn raise and competition in the mid-market.

The Canadian pension’s head of infrastructure says there ‘is a great fit between growth supporting infrastructure and infrastructure supporting growth’ in the country.

The rebranding coincides with the sale of the Australian fund manager to Mitsubishi UFJ, which closed last month.

Despite this, 96% of respondents said they will either maintain or increase their investment pace over the next year, Probitas Partners’ latest survey found.