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
News
Khosla warns of disrupted decade before AI boom brings abundance
AI will deliver a five-year burst of productivity and cost cutting before a deflationary decade reshapes the global economy, according to legendary venture capitalist Vinod Khosla.
Brendan SwiftSeptember 18, 2025
News
US Department of Labor slams OECD on ‘Marxist’ ESG policies
The US Department of Labor has publicly condemned the OECD for “pushing members to politicise their pension systems by integrating ESG factors unmoored from returns”, declaring that it will no longer support the OECD's responsible investment principles and the concept of ESG "a Marxist march through corporate culture".
Darcy SongSeptember 11, 2025
Equities
Future Fund flags expansion of active equity program
Emerging markets, Europe and Japan are all in focus for Australia’s sovereign wealth fund as it looks to ramp up active equities and diversify its exposures, as the fund grows wary of US markets amidst heightened political uncertainty.
Lachlan MaddockSeptember 11, 2025
Featured Story
Litigation, fees and structures: Why 401(k) plans won’t jump into alts, yet
President Trump has fired the starting gun on encouraging America's 401(k) plans to invest in private assets but corporate plans remain concerned about fees, structures and litigation. Meanwhile many DB funds are voicing their concerns about how it might impact access to investments, and alpha, and change the asset class.
Sarah RundellSeptember 9, 2025
Asset Classes
OMERS flags end to supercharged private equity returns
OMERS has warned that investors need to temper their expectations regarding the performance of more recent private equity vintages, as the favourable environment of high valuation multiples and low interest rates that spurred over a decade of superior returns begins to fade, said APAC head Ashish Goyal in Singapore.
Darcy SongSeptember 8, 2025
Opinion
The efficiency trap
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 CaloisiSeptember 8, 2025
Investor Profile
PFZW’s IC chair explains why cutting equity names hones impact
Professor Dirk Schoenmaker, investment committee chair of the €250 billion ($291 billion) Dutch healthcare pension fund Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW), whose expertise has helped inform its "3D" investment strategy, explains why less is more in an equity allocation with fewer stocks.
Sarah RundellSeptember 4, 2025