Stafford Capital Partners announces final close of fourth infrastructure secondaries fund at €731m

Stafford Capital Partners, a leading international private markets investment and advisory group is pleased to announce the close of Stafford Infrastructure Secondaries Fund IV.

The closing marks the largest fund in Stafford’s history, with the fund receiving €731m in commitments from 33 investors across 13 countries. Alongside these commitments, Stafford raised an additional £100m managed account for geographically focussed infrastructure secondary transactions.

With 13 closed transactions and a further three in exclusivity, Stafford expects to have committed 75% of capital commitments to the fund in Q4 2022. Following the closing of this fund, Stafford now has USD $1.7bn in infrastructure assets under management.

SISF IV is Stafford’s fourth dedicated infrastructure secondaries fund. It invests in existing core infrastructure funds predominantly in Europe, North America and Australasia through LP as well as GP-led secondaries.

The fund is classified as an Article 8 fund under the Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation. It actively targets energy transition assets while strongly limiting its fossil-fuel related exposure.

Commenting on the close of SISF IV, Dr Ingo Marten, Managing Partner, Stafford Real Assets said:

“I am delighted to announce the closing of SISF IV and I am particularly pleased that we have attracted many new investors across Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. For this fund we have pursued the successful strategy of the SISF series, focused on secondary transactions with strong managers”.

William Greene, Managing Partner, Stafford Infrastructure added: “The diversified portfolio we have built for SISF IV exhibits strong cashflow visibility from high-quality diversified assets acquired through attractive, value-additive transactions, which deliver an immediate and stable yield to our investors”

Source: PR Newswire