Ironbark, EQT partner on new infrastructure fund

Binaya Dahal

Journalist

18 June 2026

Ironbark Investment Solutions, which holds more than $68 billion in funds under management, has partnered with European buyout giant EQT to offer a new infrastructure fund for Australian and New Zealand investors.

In its first distribution collaboration since rebranding as part of the broader Ironbark Financial Group earlier this year, the Sydney-based firm announced on Thursday that it was setting up the ‘Ironbark EQT Nexus Infrastructure Fund’, to be available in the market from the first of July.

The two firms say the fund will provide investors with access to an evergreen private infrastructure strategy, which were historically only reachable to institutional clients in EQT’s closed-ended infrastructure funds.

The fund will reflect EQT’s active ownership approach, using its global infrastructure platform to invest in early-stage growth and mature assets in essential services which span the digital, energy, environmental, transport, logistics and social sectors.

“We are delighted to partner with EQT to provide Australian and New Zealand investors with institutional-grade access to one of the world’s leading infrastructure platforms and meet the growing demand for diversified, resilient private markets exposure,” said Alex Donald, chief executive of Ironbark Investment Solutions.

“The Fund will offer eligible investors exposure to an evergreen, pure-play private infrastructure strategy and will look to address some of the traditional challenges investors face when accessing private markets.”

EQT’s head of Asia Pacific global wealth solutions Sueann Yeo hailed the deal as an important milestone for firm in Australia, saying it will provide individual investors with access to similar global infrastructure exposure that “our institutional clients have accessed for decades.”

“Infrastructure underpins some of the essential services that communities depend on – digital connectivity, energy and transport – and as an asset class it has historically offered investors the potential for long-term capital appreciation, resilience through market cycles, and some inflation hedge characteristics,” she said.

Ironbark said it will release the Product Disclosure Statement and Target Marget Determination for the Fund on or around 1 July.