Australia-headquartered AMP Capital has made two appointments to its infrastructure equity team in New York in a continued drive of its global business, following recent hires.

Australia-headquartered AMP Capital has made two appointments to its infrastructure equity team in New York in a continued drive of its global business, following recent hires.

Michael Hamilton has been made investment director and will focus on sourcing deals and managing assets owned by AMP Capital in the Americas region. He was previously managing member of Blue Wave Capital Partners and has held previous roles at RBC Capital Markets and Hastings Funds Management. Hamilton joined AMP Capital earlier this week.

Andrew Kirby has been named senior associate and will focus on transaction support and execution activities. He was previously associate at Rothschild in the mergers and acquisitions division focusing on infrastructure transactions in North America and across Europe.  Kirby joined AMP Capital on 10 November.

AMP Capital recently added new capabilities to its global infrastructure platform following demand from institutional investors who want to take advantage of the significant opportunities driven by the global need for infrastructure.

In late November, AMP Capital, which has more than A$145 billion ($124.7 billion) of assets, unveiled changes to its business lines, creating the new role of global head for infrastructure equity to target investments in the northern hemisphere. (To view that story, click here.)