Limited partners should cast aside traditional categorisations of risk and re-think expected returns and fees, according to a white paper published by the placement agent. The paper also identifies 70 funds in the market for $100bn, of which 55 are first-time managers.
5 min read · 08 February 2013
With $5.64bn in commitments, Global Infrastructure Partners is the largest independent first-time infrastructure fund ever organised. Three years after the firm’s launch, the bulk of the fund is yet to be invested, and with markets still in disarray, new investments are difficult to close. But Adebayo Ogunlesi, the man in charge, isn’t in a hurry. Chris Josselyn and Philip Borel find out why.
9 min read · 08 February 2013
Indian private equity firms are hoping the election result will bring a host of new opportunities their way. By Amit Ratanpal
4 min read · 08 February 2013
Martin Halusa has outlined his firm’s plans for a world with less leverage in the firm’s second annual report.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
The industrial developer and investment firm has closed on three loans totalling $347m, allowing it to pay down its remaining corporate maturities for this year, and a portion of the debt due in 2010.
1 min read · 08 February 2013
The cash infusion will help Goodman meet liabilities this year. The Australian property group says the agreement with CIC also envisages the pair working on a broader strategic relationship.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
A debate is dividing the infrastructure community as to whether the $2.5bn Midway Airport deal fell apart because of bad timing or poor decision-making. Cezary Podkul weighs up the arguments.
10 min read · 08 February 2013
Bernard Sheahan is the man behind the IFC’s new Infrastructure Crisis Facility: a $10bn pot of money that could lend to your project or invest in your next infrastructure fund. Cezary Podkul asked him about his vision for the facility, how investors can get access to it, and why it is of such critical importance at the current time
10 min read · 08 February 2013
Financing infrastructure is of critical importance if the world is recover at least some of its former economic momentum.
3 min read · 08 February 2013
After a busy month spent whizzing across New York from one industry gathering to the next, Cezary Podkul reports back with his Top 10 insights into the key trends in infrastructure
6 min read · 08 February 2013
