All infrastructure articles
-
NewsNEST appoints HarbourVest as part of £1.5bn private equity push
New mandate will play an important role in helping NEST invest around 5% of its portfolio in private equity
-
News
Border to Coast commits final investments in first £5.7bn private markets programme
In total, the programme invested into 61 funds and made three co-investments
-
News
LGPS pushes for reporting consistency as pooling increases
Pooled vehicles now account for two thirds of local authority pension assets, according to the scheme’s latest annual report
-
News
Iceland lobby chair laments lack of pension fund infrastructure investment
‘Sad fact’ that little happens, despite pension funds’ interest in taking part in infrastructure projects, says LL’s Harðarson
-
News
Pension funds turn to alternatives for inflation protection
84% of pension schemes at least moderately concerned inflation will erode ability to reach their investment objectives
-
News
UK pension funds increasingly look into impact investing
Social infrastructure and social and affordable housing are the most popular social impact investments
-
News
Alecta sees current volatility creating good credit opportunities
Swedish pension fund reports 24% return for 2021; thanks rising stock markets, strong property market and own work to find fixed income returns
-
News
Solvency II reform could free up ‘tens of billions of pounds’ for UK infra, says PIC
PIC calculates appropriate reform could increase its planned investment of £30bn in productive finance by 2030 to £50bn
-
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
-
News
Swiss pension funds shift to private debt for illiquidity premia, says IFM
Pension funds are increasingly interested in the benefit of an open-ended structure
-
News
Swiss scheme to exclude coal from bond portfolio
It will also assess, and if necessary adjust, the indices with regards to ESG and the climate strategy in its equity portfolio
-
News
UK DC master trust announces 15% private markets allocation
Cushon ‘spent considerable time’ on due diligence and cost negotiation
-
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
-
News
European alternatives set fundraising record year
Europe now accounts for 24% of the global alternative assets industry
-
News
Dutch midwives fund struggles to find alternative for raw materials
After deciding against inflation linkers the fund is now considering infrastructure
-
News
European scheme tenders direct equity mandate via IPE Quest
Plus: University scheme searches for sole trustee; Local authority seeks adviser
-
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
-
News
Industry calls on UK government to remove barriers for ‘investment big bang’
Over 80% of UK DC pension funds’ investments are in mostly listed securities, which represent only 20% of the UK’s assets
-
News
Consultants concerned about government DC consolidation drive
Government seen going ‘too far, too fast’
-
News
LGPS pool finds five more takers for renewable infra fund
Renewable fund is one of London CIV’s most successful fund launches to date
