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
EU policy to combat climate change and reduce fossil fuel has created great opportunities for infrastructure investors, write Angus Evers and Duncan Field.
5 min read · 08 February 2013
A new business has been established by Ric Lewis, former chief investment officer of AEW Europe and chief executive of Curzon Global Partners. Tristan Capital Partners will continue to manage two AEW vehicles.
1 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
Despite making a loss of £67m, ICG Group is upbeat about market opportunities and foresees a mid-1990s-style recovery, with local players doing deals with local banks at ‘reasonable’ rates of leverage.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Cash-strapped LPs have been given a reprieve as GPs have slowed capital calls, but that in turn has kept fund interests off the secondaries market, writes Christopher Witkowsky.
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Aberdeen Property Investors raised just half its target for its second Asia fund of funds. The firm is now playing defence as it tries to ensure the capital is invested wisely, including keeping a 'reserve' to address future risks. PERE June 2009
2 min read · 08 February 2013
Managing a private fund has gotten so tricky that one UK property company has gone public to avoid the headaches of dealing with LPs. PERE June 2009
3 min read · 08 February 2013
The exodus of foreign GPs from Japan over the last few months shows many have been unable to endure the wait required to see this notoriously tough private equity market fulfil its potential. However, not everyone there is faring badly – and the economic downturn may even be opening more doors for private equity. Emma Cusworth reports.
9 min read · 08 February 2013
With LP defaults becoming a more common occurrence, GPs need to understand all the implications of these events for the management company, for the fund, and for the other investors.
9 min read · 08 February 2013
