Infrastructure

The importance of the infrastructure asset class is increasing continuously: transportation, energy and communication projects as well as social infrastructure properties are of great social importance and have a sustained need for capital.

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Podcast: Private markets – Carving a path

What do the next 12 months have in store for private markets? That’s the question our panel aims to answer on this week’s podcast.

Analysis Article Report

The convergence of digital and clean power infrastructure

Digital and clean power infrastructure are both expanding rapidly, driven by artificial intelligence (AI) adoption, cloud computing, and electrification. Our recent research paper explains why we believe these trends can create structural growth opportunities for investors and ...

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Hydropower. The hidden reserve of the energy transition.

A Classification Between Climate Data, Market Mechanics and Operational Reality

Bayerns erstes industrielles KI-Datencenter im Münchner Tucherpark (Quelle: Commerz Real/Hines)
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Bavaria’s first AI factory goes into operation in Tucherpark

One of the first so-called AI factories in Germany and the first in Bavaria has gone into operation in Munich's Tucherpark. The operator is Polarise. The Tucherpark is a joint project of Commerz Real and Hines.

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Economic Development Act: Real estate funds are becoming drivers of the energy transition

The Economic Development Act allows real estate funds to invest up to 15 percent of their assets in renewable energies. This opens up new opportunities for institutional investors to become more active on the path to the energy transition.

Source: Albrecht Voss (Justizzentrum Erfurt)
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KGAL acquires justice centre and wind farm for new Debeka fund

KGAL Investment Management GmbH & Co. KG is investing in the justice centre in Erfurt and in a wind farm in Schleswig-Holstein for Debeka's recently launched real asset portfolio.

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Article Weekly

Side letters as a place of institutional risk responsibility

Fund contracts are becoming more and more complex. At the same time, central questions of risk and responsibility are shifting: side letters have become the place where institutional investors try to anchor responsibility where it can no longer be clearly regulated in the contract.

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Infrastructure Investments – Regulatory Hurdles, Real Opportunities

Christoph Kraiker, CEO of Hauck & Aufhäuser Fund Services, Dr. Dirk Krupper, Managing Director of Helaba Invest, as well as Martin Hüwel and Dr. Thomas Gohrke, partners of Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft, discuss how regulatory requirements on the investor side, fund structures and government framework conditions can be better interlinked.

Survey

Real asset investments will remain key building blocks in private banking in 2026

Survey by Private Banking Magazin, RUECKERCONSULT GmbH and Scope Fund Analysis GmbH in cooperation with Quadoro Investment GmbH (Quadoro) and EB – Sustainable Investment Management GmbH (EB-SIM)

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Commerz Real optimises technological basis: IT safes increase security, stability, efficiency and performance

Commerz Real relies on colocation IT safes to increase the security and efficiency of its IT infrastructure. These mini data centers will remain in Commerz Real's office space in Wiesbaden and Düsseldorf, which guarantees physical access.

Survey

Survey: Real asset investments will remain an important pillar in bank sales in 2026

Private bankers will continue to focus on tangible assets in 2026, with strong interest in residential and logistics real estate as well as energy and transport infrastructure. A survey by RUECKERCONSULT in cooperation with partners shows stable demand and constant placement volumes in the private markets sector.

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Negative power prices – a European phenomenon

Last year, we hosted a webinar in partnership with NTR exploring the phenomenon of negative power prices in Europe. Here, we recap the key findings of that discussion.

Ladeparks, Ladeinfrastruktur
Interview Weekly

Infrastructure Fund: Charging infrastructure for e-mobility

In an interview with Dr. Andreas Peppel, Tobias Moroni classifies charging infrastructure from an investor's point of view – between structural tailwind and operational complexity.

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From Alternative to Essential – The Change in Private Markets

Private markets have changed noticeably in recent years. This is due to structural trends such as demographic change, digitalisation and decarbonisation.

Source: KGAL
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KGAL realises two aircraft transactions for APF5 funds

KGAL has completed two transactions for the APF 5 aircraft portfolio through its subsidiary GOAL, the long-standing joint venture between KGAL and Deutsche Lufthansa AG. On the one hand, it invested in a leasing deal for a newly delivered Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.

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Stafford Capital Partners Closes over USD 1.1 billion for its Flagship Infrastructure Secondaries Strategy

This takes Stafford's total infrastructure assets under management to USD 2.7 billion. This marks the largest infrastructure vehicle the firm has raised to date which Stafford believes further signals the growing Institutional appetite for infrastructure secondaries.

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Comment Weekly

Decision Logic Infrastructure: Speed, Depth and Filter

Infrastructure remains in place – but in 2026, speed, depth and filters will once again become significantly more important in the investment decisions of institutional investors.

Windpark Iserlohn in Nordrhein (Quelle: Quadoro Investment GmbH)
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Quadoro and EB-SIM expand QEEE portfolio with Iserlohn wind farm – Another milestone for sustainable energy infrastructure

Quadoro Investment GmbH and EB-SIM have acquired the Iserlohn wind farm in North Rhine-Westphalia for their Article 9 fund Quadoro Renewable Energies Europe (QEEE). The wind farm includes two Vestas V150 turbines and is scheduled to be commissioned in February 2026.

Blick auf das neu erworbene Pflegeheim in Braunschweig, Niedersachsen (Quelle: Quadoro Investment GmbH)
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Quadoro strengthens the special AIF QSREI with nursing home in Braunschweig

Quadoro Investment GmbH has successfully acquired a nursing home in Braunschweig for the special fund QSREI. The property comprises 111 care places and meets the fund's sustainability requirements. The sales process was accompanied by Lübke Kelber.

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LAVA ENERGY takes over 208 energy plants from GETEC – strong signal for economic decarbonisation

LAVA ENERGY has taken over 208 energy plants from GETEC. This acquisition strengthens LAVA's position as a leading energy supplier and long-term partner for the housing industry in Germany.

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Analysis Article Report

New Colliers study shows increasing importance of operator real estate in Germany

A new study by Colliers shows that operator properties are becoming increasingly important in Germany. The market share of these properties has increased by five percentage points since 2023.

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Comment Weekly

Looking back on 2025: The market is not nervous – it is in the process of restructuring!

Behind the mood in the institutional fund business, described as market uncertainty, there is actually something else: the tidying up of temporary solutions.

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One Minute Infrastructure

What a modern infrastructure has to do is so abstract that it is difficult to grasp. So here's a thought experiment: What does one minute reveal about infrastructure investments?

Daniel Milkus, Niederlassungsleiter Aengevelt (Foto von Daniel Milkus)
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“Refugee accommodation must also be suitable for the capital market.”

In view of the increase in global conflicts and corresponding migration movements, refugee accommodation has developed into a new type of property within this sub-asset class. An opinion piece by Daniel Milkus, Aengevelt Immobilien.

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