Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners’ Sadek Wahba may not have the rosiest outlook on the various scenarios that flow from investment analysis. But judging by the performance of his portfolio, it may be the best way to play the infrastructure game when you’re a global fund. By Cezary Podkul
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Each firm topped three categories in Infrastructure Investor’s second annual awards poll, the most of any nominee. GIP took the title of Global and North American Fund Manager for the second year running.
7 min read · 15 January 2013
Private sector participants in UK infrastructure projects want the government to provide greater clarity on the future of PFI – and what, if anything, might replace it. By Andy Thomson
5 min read · 15 January 2013
Widespread concern about sovereign debt and currency strength have not prevented real estate investors from making select investments throughout the Continent. PERE magazine, March 2011 issue.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Two weeks after losing a £1.6bn equity investment in EMI, Terra Firma’s Guy Hands met PEI in his Guernsey office to discuss what he has learned from the last three years and how he intends to get Fund III ‘back to flat’.
10 min read · 15 January 2013
Some of the largest LBOs agreed during the heady days of 2006 and 2007 are readying record-setting IPOs.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The European Commission and the EIB plan to use guarantees and subordinated loans to enhance the creditworthiness of private sector infrastructure bonds to investment-grade rating, aiming to recapture a €100bn market that dried up following the global financial crisis.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
The portfolio returned 25.4% in 2010, beating every other asset class except private equity. The Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec also cut C$6.7bn of debt out of its infrastructure and private equity portfolios in 2010 as part of an effort to boost risk management.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
The partnership will target investments in environmentally friendly companies in the US and China, and to some extent Europe.
2 min read · 15 January 2013
As limited partners continue to debate the merits of large buyout funds, evidence grows that they may not turn out to be the poor performers some had assumed.
3 min read · 15 January 2013
