Fundraising

Michael Kapoor discusses the new realities of fundraising for the infrastructure asset class.

The Egypt-focused fund, which is targeting $100m, has raised $51.5m from ‘a significant number of European institutional investors’.

Toll-road titillation and why infrastructure is family friendly

Cezary Podkul breaks down Citi Infrastructure Investors’ $2.5bn all-equity bid for Chicago’s Midway airport.

Cezary Podkul takes an insider’s look at how infrastructure financier Babcock & Brown amassed – and lost – an A$14 billion empire built on debt.

The fundraising market has collapsed since September. Now funds must change strategy to tap the new money emerging from institutional investors. Michael Kapoor reports.

A summary of infrastructure news from around the world

London’s Ashmore Investment Management is heading for new shores, downturn or no downturn

The European development finance institution has committed to funds from two Central European mezzanine specialists: Mezzanine Management and Syntaxis. It has also approved a €20m commitment to a special situations fund.

The Finnish private equity firm’s life sciences head, Jan Lundahl, has resigned seven years after he joined the firm.