The Meridiam Infrastructure Fund is a private equity investment fund with a maturity of 25 years, designed for investment purely within public private partnership (PPP) infrastructure assets within the OECD. Geographically, the fund is primarily focused on investment opportunities within Europe and North America. Strategically, Meridiam invests predominately in new primary assets, with a smaller proportion of the fund allocated for secondary assets and has targeted the transportation, health, education, public accommodations and environmental sectors. Meridiam has the capacity and track record to invest in a array of junior capital products including pure equity, subordinated debt and mezzanine debt in the global infrastructure market. The differentiating added value of the senior team managing Meridiam, besides its track record, is its capacity to develop new projects and structure innovative financing solutions. Meridiam achieved its first closing in 2006 sponsored by Group Crédit Agricole (France) and Aecom Technology Corporation (USA), and expects to final in the 4th quarter of 2007 with a target fund of €600m.
