Aquila Capital, one of Europe’s leading independent alternative asset managers, has been awarded a mandate from a large institutional investor in Asia for a global real asset portfolio. The investment programme of up to USD 500 million will be invested in European real estate and global renewable energy projects. It has been structured by Alceda Fund Management S.A., which is also part of the Aquila Group.
The first investment, comprising three newly-built logistics centres in Germany, has already been signed. The units are located in Heidelberg/Leimen, Saarbrücken/St. Ingbert and Berlin and have been leased to the leading postal and logistics group DHL for the next 15 years. The total investment is approximately USD 43 million. 1
Roman Rosslenbroich, CEO of Aquila Capital commented, “Thanks to our strong track record, we are seeing increased demand for bespoke real asset portfolios from institutional investors in Asia. The combination of Aquila Group’s structuring expertise with Aquila Capital’s specialised real asset investment teams and excellent market access enables us to create high quality real asset portfolios designed to meet investors’ individual requirements.”
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1 Approx. EUR33 million, based on a EUR/USD exchange rate of 1.2948.