APG Asset Management, the Dutch pension fund manager and Piramal Enterprises are looking to raise a second fund to invest in infrastructure projects in India. The aim is to raise USD 500 million (nearly Rs 3,500 crore).
In 2014, the two entities announced a joint corpus of USD 750 million in the first round of fund raising and have invested most of that corpus. Since the first fund is getting over, the companies are looking for the second fund.
When the alliance of the two entities was announced, the target was to invest in rupee-denominated mezzanine instruments issued by infrastructure companies in India, with a target investment of USD one billion over three years. The two companies had each initially committed USD 375 million for investment under the joint venture.