Combining the liquid with the illiquid

The Danish asset managers Qblue Balanced and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) are teaming up to combine their respective expertise within the liquid and the illiquid space. While Qblue Balanced focuses on sustainable investments in liquid markets, CIP has been a pioneer in investing in renewable energy infrastructure projects. Furthermore, CIP has increased its ownership stake in Qblue Balanced, which will enable the latter to accelerate its product development and international expansion.

Bjarne Graven Larsen, CEO of Qblue Balanced, explains that one of the key areas for collaboration following the establishment of the strategic partnership will be around semi-liquid products. “One of the things that has become quite clear in the illiquid world is that almost all of the large infrastructure or private equity funds are looking for new sources of capital to continue to grow,” Bjarne Graven Larsen says. This basically means not just targeting institutional investors but also branching out to reach high net worth individuals and family offices. As Bjarne Graven Larsen observes, there are, however, a number of