The infrastructure asset class is young – and the infrastructure secondaries market is even younger. But for those involved in this niche area, there is plenty to keep them interested. Andy Thomson reports.
5 min read · 08 October 2013
Toronto-based secondaries advisor Setter Capital puts secondary transaction volume at more than double the previously reported figure – and predicts that 2013 will be a record-breaking year.
2 min read · 16 September 2013
Andrea Echberg, former head of infrastructure in the principal finance team at Societe Generale, has joined the London team of private equity and infrastructure investment firm Pantheon as partner and head of European infrastructure investments.
1 min read · 21 January 2013
Previously known as Credit Agricole Private Equity, the re-named Omnes Capital, which was acquired by private equity secondaries firm Coller Capital last week, will continue with a strategy that includes renewable energy and infrastructure.
1 min read · 02 April 2012
The Zanbato Group is beta-testing a website that matches buyers and sellers of infrastructure assets and fund interests. Zanbato was founded last year by Stanford Professor Ryan Orr and is backed by Macquarie veteran Murray Bleach.
4 min read · 27 May 2011
In an exclusive interview with Andy Thomson, former Babcock & Brown global infrastructure head Peter Hofbauer discusses his new role at the helm of Hermes GPE’s infrastructure operation and his interest in secondaries.
3 min read · 05 May 2011
The asset class is seeing funds come to market with dedicated allocations to secondaries, such as funds-of-funds recently closed by Partners Group and Pantheon. A €500m block of infrastructure fund interests currently up for sale also indicates dealflow is picking up sharply.
3 min read · 11 March 2011
The infrastructure secondaries opportunity is still at an embryonic stage but has “developed significantly” according to a report from Partners Group, the Swiss alternative assets manager. UK social infrastructure in particular is on the radar of investors.
2 min read · 08 September 2010
As Citi hands over the management for $4bn of its private equity funds to investment advisor StepStone Group, Citi Infrastructure Investors, the investment bank’s captive infra investment arm, will remain on the firm’s books.
1 min read · 19 July 2010
PCG Asset Management would run the programme, which would target original commitments of between $5m and $20m.
2 min read · 03 December 2009
