Appetite For Infrastructure Lifts GIP II To Record

Following a surge of interest from several large pension systems, Global Infrastructure Partners closed on the biggest infrastructure fund in history, Global Infrastructure Partners II LP, having secured $8.25 billion in commitments. The close was far above the fund’s initial $5 billion target and signals a growing interest in infrastructure assets, in large part because the value of such investments are usually less impacted by economic shocks and volatile equity markets.

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