Infrastructure – Page 28
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Swiss pension funds commit to CHF300m infrastructure fund
Founding investors for fund targeting OECD countries include CHF20bn Migros Pensionskasse
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Barking & Dagenham appoints Aberdeen as it overhauls strategic asset allocation
London local authority scheme looks to social housing as part of strategy to achieve full funding
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APG to invest in hydro power, transmission lines
Dutch asset manager planning to almost double infrastructure portfolio
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Dutch giant PGGM doubles investment in Chinese logistics
Pension asset manager attracted by consumption-led economic growth
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Ireland seeks 'significant' pension fund investment for social housing
Hopes to attract capital from pension investors, European Investment Bank and local sovereign development fund
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Santander scheme among investors boosting Hermes infrastructure fund
Fund manager attracts additional £200m from Santander, unnamed UK local authority funds
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PenSam develops innovative construction finance model
Danish pension fund in talks over three new-style debt deals to boost value in projects
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Full funding in sight for UK pension schemes after posting 11% returns
Smart-beta growth a prominent trend in UBS GAM’s Pension Fund Indicator report
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Allianz Global Investors buys UK road project bonds
Infrastructure deal in Northern Ireland follows Scottish bonds purchase
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NewsNorwegian oil fund to double number of company holdings above 5%
Government Pension Fund Global to grow ‘anchor investor’ holdings, listed real estate companies, infrastructure
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UK Green Investment Bank to launch £1bn wind farm fund
State-owned bank to launch fund management subsidiary to oversee vehicle
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Work still needed on 'big debate' over illiquid DC investments, says BlackRock
UK head of DC calls for political stability on incoming default fund charge cap
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UK refusal to increase index-linked issuance 'creating risks' for pension funds
Some 40% of pension funds want inflation exposure, but reluctant to enter real estate, infrastructure and derivatives
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Austrian pension fund VBV laments regulatory bias against derivatives
Head of asset management complains of regulatory bias against hedging instruments in wake of ECB rate cut
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NewsOntario Teachers-led group snaps up real estate consultancy DTZ
Canadian pension fund to part-own global property advisory firm
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Infrastructure managers must consider sustainability – Environment Agency
Chair of Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change says low-carbon investment must be taken out of ‘SRI silo’
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Trustee of BT fund calls for more risk-sharing in infrastructure investment
Donald MacDonald says small-scale projects must be ‘bundled’ to increase pension fund interest
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NewsSwiss pension funds cut bond exposure to ramp up alternatives
Manor scheme allocates ‘very strongly’ towards infrastructure, hedge funds and convertibles
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Inflated expectations
Investors often assume that inflation protection comes as standard with infrastructure investments. Vivian Nicoli warns that it depends on a number of variables and may come at the price of lower expected nominal returns
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Church of England fund praises equities after returning 28% in 2013
Fund completes first infrastructure mandate during 2013 as equities, property drive strong returns
