real assets

The advisory firm has promoted two partners and three managing directors across its London, New York and Chicago offices.

HarbourVest Partners and GCM Grosvenor anchored the transaction, along with certain LPs from the existing fund.

The $65.9bn manager will kick-start its investments in the asset class with secondaries as initial area of focus.

The vehicle can invest in secondaries and co-investments, according to founding partner of Altamar Infraestructuras Ignacio Antoñanzas,

Here are some key things to know about the asset management giant’s plans to build a holistic secondaries business.

The firm last week said it had held the final close on its latest fund to invest on a secondary basis in energy, power, infrastructure and natural resources.

A recent GP-led deal involving an evergreen structure represents a novel way for infrastructure investors to hold on to assets. The question is whether such transactions can scale.

Allianz Global Diversified Infrastructure Equity Fund will pursue primary fund commitments, secondaries transactions and co-investments globally.

The advisory firm expects a surge in manager-led recaps to avoid forced sales or to hang on to promising assets for a longer duration.

StepStone Real Estate Partners IV, which has been in market since April last year, raised twice as much as its predecessor to invest in complex secondaries deals.