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FEATURE: The new financiers of infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
... environment, banks are approaching things differently, while non-bank investors are finding a new market in infrastructure debt opening up. James Fernyhough reports. With mushrooming funds under management and an increasingly saturated domestic equity ...

AMP Capital invests in North American renewable assets

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
AMP Capital has grown its global infrastructure debt platform, forming a new partnership with Alterra Power Corporation. AMP Capital's Infrastructure Debt Fund II has arranged and structured a C$110 million subordinated loan for Alterra, a leading global ...

NSW govt promises $60 billion infrastructure spend

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... shareholders, which include QIC and the Canadian Pension Plan. There will also be manifold opportunities for private infrastructure debt providers, including in the WestConnex project. The ambitious package will also require the sale of the sort of assets ...

IFM grows infra debt team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
IFM Investors has expanded its infrastructure debt operations with the appointment of John Carey as investment director of European infrastructure debt. Based in London, Carey will be responsible for the origination, analysis and execution of infrastructure ...

Insurers upping risk to combat low yields

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2014
... the insurance industry now intends to make the greatest allocation increases to less liquid assets including infrastructure debt, private equity, commercial mortgage loans, and real estate equity. As CIOs plan to allocate more to non-core asset classes ...

AMP Capital expands US and UK-based infra team

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
AMP Capital has added to its global infrastructure debt team in London and New York as it looks to further fundraising. In London, Emma Haight joins the team as director from NIBC Bank where she was vice president in the project finance division and ...

IFM to open Tokyo office

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... from IFM, following the formation of a new private equity team, and the expansion of their North American infrastructure debt operations. IFM chief executive Brett Himbury said: "Our investors are increasingly seeking investment opportunities in Asia ...

AMP Capital raises US$300m for infra debt fund

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... Capital has raised more than US$300 million from 17 international institutional investors for its AMP Capital Infrastructure Debt Fund II (IDF II). The IDF II follows AMP Capital's first infrastructure debt fund, which attracted US$503 million from 30 ...

Infrastructure debt 'not that scary': AusSuper chair

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
AustralianSuper chair Heather Ridout has urged state governments not to be afraid of going into debt if the money is used to fund infrastructure projects. Speaking at the Australian Centre for Financial Studies' 'Funding Australia's Future' forum in ...

IFM opens Berlin office, appoints senior adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
... industry association and serves as non-executive director of Hoyer GmbH and Basalt AG. IFM also expanded its infrastructure debt capability into the UK and Europe with the appointment of David Cooper as Investment director in December 2012. The funds ...