Infrastructure – Page 34
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PGGM to invest in offshore natural gas pipeline network
NETHERLANDS – Asset manager to take 33.2% stake in owner of Northern Offshore Gas Transport.
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Norway urged against creation of standalone real estate vehicle
NORWAY – Conservative Party’s proposal to split fund would ‘jeopardise economies of scale’.
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NewsPublic funding should not 'crowd out' private long-term capital – OECD
GLOBAL – Revised principles for long-term investing drop mention of prudent person principle.
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NewsInvestors critical of 'greedy' infrastructure managers, survey finds
GLOBAL – Preqin notes misalignment of interests between infrastructure managers, investors.
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NewsNorwegian oil fund 'unacceptably exposed' to demographic risks
NORWAY – Report commissioned by Christian charity urges greater exposure to developing nations.
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NewsPensionDanmark to invest nearly £130m in UK biomass power plant
EUROPE – Danish scheme also in talks with Faroe Islands on undersea tunnel project.
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NewsEuropean institutional investor tenders $120m US small-cap mandate
IPE-QUEST – Investor also tenders global core infrastructure mandate, using IPE-Quest.
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NewsDutch giant APG to invest €170m in Japanese warehouses
NETHERLANDS – 'Club-style' fund to focus on modern facilities near Tokyo, Osaka.
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NewsReal estate managers 'running out of time' to adapt to AIFMD
EUROPE – Law firm says implementation of new Directive dogged by inconsistencies.
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NewsAcademic paper questions merits of property as inflation hedge
GLOBAL – Only commercial real estate shows any evidence of 'real link' between inflation, returns.
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NewsOECD assesses Australian, Canadian infrastructure models
GLOBAL – Report compares different investment approaches used by pension funds.
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Investors keen on 'stabilised' solar infrastructure market
UK – Private equity manager Oxford Capital sees increasing demand from pension funds in 2013.
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Brent moves into infrastructure
[16:45 CEST 15-09] UK – The London Borough of Brent has awarded a £25m (€28.2m) infrastructure mandate to Alinda Capital Partners as part of a diversification investment strategy.
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Hillingdon seeks global infrastructure manager
[17:10 CEST 08-09] UK - The London Borough of Hillingdon Pension Fund has launched a tender for a manager to run a global infrastructure mandate.
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FeaturesEdgy on equities but eager for infrastructure
In many areas Norway has carved out its own distinct path. Kjetil Houg, finance director at Oslo Pensjonsforsikring, tells Nina Röhrbein how this has helped the country’s largest local authority pension scheme to navigate the market crisis
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ABP-backed infrastructure fund reaches €750m
UK – The pan-European infrastructure fund of Macquarie Bank Group, which is backed by institutional investors such as Dutch pension fund ABP, says it is on target to achieve E1bn before its final close later in the year.
