About ADCB Macquarie Infrastructure Fund
ADCB Macquarie Infrastructure Fund (AMIF) is an unlisted 10 year closed-end fund. AMIF was launched in 2008 to invest in infrastructure and infrastructure-like assets in the Middle East and North Africa, with a primary focus on the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)).
AMIF has a USD1 billion targeted fund size and is co-sponsored by Macquarie and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) - Macquarie’s joint venture partner in the United Arab Emirates. Macquarie and ADCB have operated a successful investment banking joint venture since 2005, which has advised on numerous infrastructure-related transactions across the UAE.
Target assets
AMIF seeks to invest in greenfield (pre-operations stage) or brownfield (operations stage) assets in a range of infrastructure sectors, including but not limited to infrastructure for industrial and mixed-use developments, water and wastewater utilities, ports, airports, rail networks, communications infrastructure, electricity generation / transmission and distribution networks, gas transmission and distribution networks, district cooling, social infrastructure and other assets that fall within AMIF’s investment criteria.
Assets
AMIF has made one investment to date, a USD188 million investment which will support critical industrial infrastructure developments commissioned by ZonesCorp, an independent government authority owned by the Abu Dhabi Government through the Abu Dhabi Department of Planning and Economy.
ZonesCorp was established in 2004 and acts as a vehicle for the development of infrastructure in industrial zones located in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
Tareq Rebhi Sirhan
Chief Executive Officer
Telephone: (971 2) 696 2154
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