Capital Partners, now CP2, was founded in 1997 to provide independent investment advice to pension and mutual funds. To date, we have provided infrastructure and equity investment research to more than 50 institutional investors. In 2001, we developed the infrastructure investment strategy for a Canadian pension fund, now the world's largest institutional investor in the infrastructure sector.
We were one of the first investment managers to encourage institutional investors to invest in the infrastructure sector. We transitioned from advisor to investment manager in 2005 with the award of an infrastructure mandate from the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, a key pension fund of the New Zealand Government.
In 2007 we established the Endeavour Fund and the Capital Partners Global Infrastructure Fund. CP2 is rapidly growing its funds under management and after two and a half years as a fund manager we manage US$3 billion. These funds are managed on behalf of many of the world's leading investors including sovereign pension funds, endowments and long term investors.
In 2008 we changed our name from Capital Partners to CP2 to reflect the growth and evolution of our business.