The challenge for infrastructure asset managers to achieve Net Zero by 2050 is immense. It requires detailed strategic planning, clear interim targets, critical investment, transparent insight and regular reporting, as well as strong leadership and clear governance frameworks. And all of this needs to be done inside a fiduciary responsibility to seek superior long-term net returns for investors and their beneficiaries.
Net zero infrastructure: A practical roadmap
Investor Profile
CPP Investments, NBIM reflect on lessons from a 5-year transparency journey
The Global Pension Transparency Benchmark has been a driving force in improved transparency of disclosures and reporting among global asset owners. As the project comes to its close after five years, two leading funds reflect on why transparency has been a clear focus for their organisations.
Darcy SongOctober 31, 2025
Featured Story
UK corporate DB consolidation: TPT throws its hat in the ring
Trustees and employers overseeing the UK’s 5,000 corporate pension plans, which hold an estimated £1.2 trillion ($1.6 trillion), have another option to help manage their defined benefit assets following TPT Retirement Solutions' proposal for a new superfund that will access managers through a fund-of-funds structure.
Sarah RundellOctober 28, 2025
Organisational Design
Minnesota overhauls governance as CIO gets more mandate power
Chief investment officer of the $150 billion Minnesota State Board of Investment will gain authority to hire and fire managers without board approval in a governance overhaul approved this week that will sharply fast-track decision-making. The change follows an 18-month asset allocation study which has resulted in some portfolio finetunes.
Darcy SongOctober 23, 2025
News
AUM at LPPI, Border to Coast and Central swell as UK mega pools take shape
UK pension funds LPPI, Border to Coast and LGPS Central are soaking up assets from Brunel and ACCESS as the country takes the next step towards creating mega pools in Local Government Pension Schemes, which collectively manage £392 billion ($522 billion).
Sarah RundellOctober 23, 2025
Asset Allocation
Fordham University dials up growth equity, cools on private credit
Fordham University CIO Geeta Kapadia is cutting back on private credit, calling it an asset class “less able to financially engineer returns” in a higher-rate world. She’s instead redirecting the $1.1 billion endowment to venture and growth equity and entrusting larger mandates to a smaller roster of high-conviction managers.
Darcy SongOctober 21, 2025
Opinion
Resilience: Abdicating from transformational change?
Will the relentless pursuit of efficiency undermine our ability to build a resilient and sustainable future? Andrea Caloisi, a researcher at the Thinking Ahead Institute at WTW, explores how complex systems, driven by short-term optimisation, may be fuelling long-term fragility.
Andrea CaloisiOctober 20, 2025
Featured Story
The People’s Pension on volatility and weak demand for long end gilts
Three years on from the UK's gilt crisis, Charlotte Vincent, co-head of fixed income at the £36 billion ($48 billion) People’s Pension, reflects on enduring investor concerns about bond market volatility as the government continues to struggle to balance the books.
Sarah RundellOctober 16, 2025