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Mark Benedetti and Vladimir Colas, the co-heads of Ardian US, explain what is fuelling the surge of interest in infrastructure secondaries.

The firm's $841m acquisition of preferred equity stock in a midstream natural gas company shows infrastructure deals come in all shapes and sizes.

A successful fundraising by the secondaries business would help to prove investors are not concerned about a conflict of interest.

Stafford International Timberland Fund IX is the largest fund yet raised by Stafford and brings its timberland AUM to $2.9bn.

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.