Markus Pressdee, global head of infrastructure investment banking at Credit Suisse, also believes that in the near term infrastructure funds will continue to do deals with greater amounts of equity than in the past.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The fund will seek to invest in businesses that gather, process, store and transmit oil and gas products. Its previous funds have been focused on the upstream oil and gas sector.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Currency hedges gone sour are also forcing many of Australia’s pension investors to put more cash toward meeting margin calls, making a fraught fundraising environment even more difficult.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Citing 'exceptional client demand' for its initial foray into infrastructure, the institutional asset manager may seek to raise a second fund in 2009. The UBS International Infrastructure Fund has already made three investments since last year.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
UBS’ former head of global commercial real estate will head Ladder Capital Finance, while Alan Fishman, CEO of Washington Mutual until its collapse in September, will serve as chairman.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
With public spending on infrastructure falling despite rising oil revenues, a sizeable gap is opening in GCC and MENA states between required and available infrastructure financing, opening the window for private investment.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
Jesús Olmos Clavijo, former CEO of Spanish utility Endesa, will report to Marc Lipschultz, KKR’s global head of energy and infrastructure and work alongside Simon Hipperson, managing director in its European infrastructure team in London.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
The California-based placement agent also estimates that $21.5bn has been raised for infrastructure in the first nine months of 2008, which is less than the $34.3bn raised last year, but more than the 2006 total of $17.9bn.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
What’s the best way to own infrastructure assets? A small, but increasingly vocal, group of open ended fund managers are saying, “Our way”, finds Cezary Podkul.
3 min read · 05 January 2013
Paul Smith sees increasing interest in co-investment among the firm’s LPs, who have largely upped their commitments for Tenaska’s second US energy fund, TPF II, which closed today on $2.4bn.
2 min read · 05 January 2013
