Switzerland

The project marks the beginning of the Swiss fund manager’s partnership with Perth-based Starling Energy, a manager of distributed energy assets.

After 10 years at the helm of the energy transition-focused firm he founded, Tobias Reichmuth will continue to provide strategic direction as chairman of the board.

Fontavis, which has raised three renewables funds – two of them alongside UBS Asset Management – will operate as an established brand within Swiss Life Asset Managers.

Like its predecessor, UBS-CEIS, the new fund is a joint initiative between UBS, Swiss asset manager Fontavis and insurer Swiss Mobiliar.

The strategy, which typically targets returns of 8-12%, will follow the Swiss firm’s 2016 vintage which raised €2.2bn.

The manager is following its $644m second equity fund with a third vehicle, said to be targeting about $1bn.

Following the close of its latest debt fund on its €1bn hard-cap and our recent interview with head of infra Tommaso Albanese, we bring you interactive charts on its funds, investments by sector/geography, past performance and more (hover to go full screen).

IST3 Infrastruktur Global has now made 18 investments since its launch four years ago, including both direct and fund deployments.

The firm will invest 20% of the new vehicle outside Europe, strongly targeting the US, where it is exploring the possibility of raising a dedicated fund.

The investment firm could reach up to 150 hires by the end of the year to match its anticipated AUM growth for the year.