All Infrastructure articles – Page 6
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Opinion Pieces
News Notes: Private investing ‘levels up’ playing field
The UK’s recent government white paper – ‘Levelling up the United Kingdom’ – forcefully pushes for private investing. In it, Prime Minister Boris Johnson claims he is determined to “break that link between geography and destiny, so that it makes good business sense for the private sector to invest in areas that have for too long felt left behind”.
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News
Sampension demands more Paris alignment from external managers
Proportion of UN PRI signatories on Danish pension fund’s PE, infrastructure manager roster rose to 81% in 2021 from 54% two years before
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News
Natural gas doesn’t need EU green taxonomy inclusion – EDHECinfra
And including it could harm renewable energy investment
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News
Mandate roundup: Provisum invests in Syntrus Achmea’s mortgage fund
Plus: Benelux-based scheme seeks infrastructure manager
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News
Tech stocks and property drive Norway SWF’s second best NOK returns
‘Clearly we don’t expect this development to continue like this,’ says Tangen
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News
German pension funds plan higher exposure to alternative assets
VBL, BVK and ÄVWL disclose details of their alternatives portfolios
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News
Industriens Pension reports 66% return on private equities in 2021
Danish pension fund makes 16.8% return overall last year; CEO warns of lower gains in future
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News
ACCESS Pool picks adviser for illiquid assets
The first illiquid investment vehicles are expected to be launched in 2022/23
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News
UK investment pool adds £1.2bn to private market investments
Border to Coast private markets programme worth £5.7bn
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Australia: Private gain as Australia’s infra assets change hands
Australian superannuation funds are playing a key role in the largest takeover yet of an Australian infrastructure asset, Sydney Airport, for A$23.6bn (€15bn) in cash.
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News
IPE Quest: Ghent pension fund seeks managers for illiquids
Commitments are planned to unlisted infrastructure, real estate and secure income assets
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News
OECD calls for PFs, insurers to join new stakeholder groups on infra
International policy organisation looking for industry representatives to contribute expertise on long-term and infrastructure investing
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Features
Strategically speaking: IFM Investors
When IFM Investors and its fellow consortium members cracked open the bubbly last month on their successful bid for Sydney Airport following a third revised offer, it marked a bet on a vigorous and sustained recovery in passenger aviation. After all, airports globally, including Sydney, had come to resemble “parking lots for planes”, in the words of IFM Investors CEO David Neal.
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Country Report
Investment strategy: Shifting from fixed income
Swiss pension funds are rebalancing their portfolios but allocating to certain asset classes could prove challenging
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Special Report
The prospects for green energy
Hydrogen and other green energy sources are beginning to attract private capital at scale
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News
Danish pension funds have room for yet more alternatives: Central bank
Higher allocations to unlisted equity, infra, direct credit, RE could tighten liquidity in rising interest-rate scenario, warns Danmarks Nationalbank
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News
European alternatives set fundraising record year
Europe now accounts for 24% of the global alternative assets industry
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News
LGPS pools secure £45m Haringey investment for London Fund
London CIV and LPPI CEOs see investment as ‘really positive moment’
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News
European scheme tenders direct equity mandate via IPE Quest
Plus: University scheme searches for sole trustee; Local authority seeks adviser
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News
UK government urged to consult LGPS pools for domestic infra boost bid
‘Onus on government to invite leading UK pension funds to the consultation table,’ says Brunel CIO