Fundraising

With credit markets still tight, knowing the right bankers can be key to financing your infrastructure deal. It is of course difficult to agree on which lenders are the most influential. But when the Infrastructure Investor team swapped notes, and quizzed practitioners in the marketplace, the names of the ten financiers on this page kept coming up.

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.

As debate rages about private equity real estate fund-level and limited partner liquidity, there is one issue few are daring to contemplate - the liquidity of the GPs themselves. PERE July/August 2009.

Milan-based funds of funds Advanced Capital is bringing its charge to the US by hiring CalSTRS real estate portfolio manager Bryan Bailey as a senior advisor. PERE magazine, July/August 2009

The private equity real estate shop set up by former Warburg Pincus executive Reuben Leibowitz and investment firm Real Estate Capital Partners paid $31 million for the affordable multifamily arm of MMA Financial.

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.

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.

The Russian landscape is set to alter beyond recognition and only the strongest will survive. Toby Mitchenall reports from Moscow

With LP defaults becoming a more common occurrence, GPs need to understand all the implications for the management company, the fund and other investors. Jennifer Harris explores the issues

As the economic crisis tightens its grip on Europe's largest economy, and lenders remain on the sidelines, mid-market private equity investors are pointing to reasons for optimism. Where else, they ask, can German businesses turn to for funding in this time of need? In June, Philip Borel travelled to Munich to quiz four leading professionals about the way forward for their industry – and found them in a buoyant mood.