Infrastructure Secondaries: The $25B Market Accredited Investors Are Overlooking
    Alternative Investments

    Infrastructure Secondaries: The $25B Market Accredited Investors Are Overlooking

    Infrastructure secondary deal volume hit $25 billion in 2025, more than doubling from $11 billion in 2023. Buyers acquire existing stakes in private infrastructure funds at discounts to net asset

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··10 min read
    Partners Group: Inside the $186B Platform Giving Accredited Investors Access to Buyouts and Infrastructure
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    Partners Group: Inside the $186B Platform Giving Accredited Investors Access to Buyouts and Infrastructure

    According to Institutional Real Estate Inc. , Partners Group closed its infrastructure secondaries program at $5.5 billion in July 2026 — the largest dedicated infrastructure secondaries fundraise eve

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··12 min read
    Infrastructure Investing for Accredited Investors: CPI-Linked Returns and 20-Year Lock-Ups
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    Infrastructure Investing for Accredited Investors: CPI-Linked Returns and 20-Year Lock-Ups

    TL;DR Private infrastructure targets 8.3%–11.0% net IRR over 2025–2034, outpacing projected U.S. equity returns of 4.8%–7.8% over the same period (Macquarie Asset Management, 2025). Accredited

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··11 min read
    CPP Investments Bets $741M on India Data Centers: What Pension Funds Know That You Don't
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    CPP Investments Bets $741M on India Data Centers: What Pension Funds Know That You Don't

    Canada's largest pension fund just made its biggest single India bet. CPP Investments committed ₹70 billion, roughly $741 million USD, to CtrlS Datacenters, taking an 8.2% equity stake and a 48% posit

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··10 min read
    Brookfield Infrastructure Fund VI: What a $20 Billion Close Tells LP Investors
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    Brookfield Infrastructure Fund VI: What a $20 Billion Close Tells LP Investors

    TL;DR: Brookfield Asset Management is targeting a $20 billion initial close for its sixth flagship infrastructure fund in Q3 2026 , with a total target of $30 billion. Brookfield Infrastructure Fund

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··6 min read
    Investment investment insights — The Case for Investing in Water: Scarcity, Infrastructure, and Returns
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    The Case for Investing in Water: Scarcity, Infrastructure, and Returns

    Water is the world's most essential commodity with no substitute. As scarcity intensifies and infrastructure crumbles, the investment case for water is becoming impossible to ignore — if you know where to look.

    AIN Editorial Team··6 min read