Stafford Capital Partners, an international private markets investment and advisory group, has launched its fifth infrastructure secondaries fund, Stafford Infrastructure Secondaries Fund V (SISF V), with a €1.3 billion ($1.4 billion) target.
The fund is classified as Article 8 under the Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation and will actively target energy transition assets while strongly limiting its fossil-fuel-related exposure.
The fund will follow the strategy of its predecessor funds by seeking to provide access to a diversified global infrastructure portfolio, with core infrastructure risk predominantly in Europe, North America and Australasia, through LP as well as GP-led secondaries and co-investments. The previous fund in the series, SISF IV, closed in August 2022 with €731 million ($790 million) of commitments from 33 investors across 13 countries. It is currently 79 percent deployed with 16 deals in 17 positions.
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