Support for the infrastructure investment company sector has continued to grow despite unsettling times for markets. Annabel Brodie-Smith of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) finds out why.
Despite a strong start to the year, it has been an unsettling time for markets over the past 12 months, and this has inevitably had a bearing on launch activity in the investment company sector. A number of fund launches were reportedly put on ice last year, but one sector that has proved relatively immune has been the Sector Specialist: infrastructure sector. Bilfinger Berger Global Infrastructure Sicav was one of just two launches in the latter half of last year, raising £212m with just 10 days to go before the year end. In fact some of the largest secondary market issuance last ye...
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