Mayfair Capital Investment Management has launched a new U.K. fund with co-investment from Swiss Life Group.
With circa £100 million ($139 million) of equity committed, MC Thematic Growth Fund has already contracted on two purchases with a total value of £40 million ($56 million).
Merseyside Pension Fund is also an investor in the fund, which is being marketed to institutional and family office investors.
The closed-ended structure will raise a further £150 million ($209 million) of equity at a further close, giving a total fund size of around £400 million ($558 million) with leverage.
“We are a highly thematic investor and this fund will invest strictly in accordance with our key themes of demography, infrastructure, technology and e-commerce,” said James Thornton, chief executive of Mayfair Capital. “The strategy focuses on acquiring assets that will appeal to the occupiers of tomorrow as well as today. We believe that some property benchmark
