BlackRock raises $4.8bn for renewable power fund Friday, April 09, 2021
Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia:
American multinational investment management corporation BlackRock Inc. has raised $4.8 billion for a new fund to invest in renewable power assets around the world - almost double its initial target.
The total for the firm s GRP III was almost three times the size of GRP II, which closed in July 2017 at $1.7 billion.
BlackRock Real Assets closed on its third global renewable power fund (GRP III), drawing money from over 100 institutional investors, including leading public and private pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, and family offices from over 18 countries globally.
BlackRock hits final close of third global renewable power fund at $4.8b
A man walks next to a BlackRock sign pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York, October 11, 2015. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
April 8, 2021
Global investment manager BlackRock’s arm, BlackRock Real Assets, has hit the final close of its latest global renewable power fund at $4.8 billion, making it the largest independent climate infrastructure fund globally.
Global Renewable Power Fund (GRP) III, which invests in renewable power generation across Americas, Europe, and Asia, attracted commitments from over 100 institutional investors from over 18 countries, the firm said.
The fund is the third vintage of BlackRock’s global renewable power fund series. It seeks to invest across the spectrum of climate infrastructure assets, with a focus on renewable power generation, and energy storage and distribution.
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NEW YORK (BUSINESS WIRE) Apr 8, 2021
BlackRock Real Assets has successfully achieved a US$4.8 billion final close of Global Renewable Power Fund III (âGRP IIIâ or the âFundâ) with commitments from over 100 institutional investors, including leading public and private pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations and family offices from over 18 countries globally.
GRP III is the third vintage of BlackRockâs Global Renewable Power fund series and the fifth Fund overall, which invests in global climate infrastructure assets, primarily in renewable power generation, across Americas, Europe and Asia. GRP III seeks to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns with positive and measurable environmental and social impact by investing across the spectrum of renewable power and supporting infrastructure globally, including energy storage and distribution and electrified transport. Its opportunity set reflects the evolving renewable energy market as well
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