Infrastructure investors need trust
Private investors seeking infrastructure opportunities must generate confidence that they’ll be good long-term stewards. The Better Infrastructure Initiative has 10 principles they can follow.
Aware Super mulls return to infra funds; builds AI-driven data edge
Aware Super is considering a return to infrastructure funds after years of favouring direct investments. The infrastructure allocation currently stands at $15 billion and the fund sees benefits to access a “broader set of offerings” and opportunity sets via fund commitments to GPs, its head of infrastructure Mark Hector says.
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Keys to emerging-infrastructure funding
The chair of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds, Adrian Orr, says entities such as the IMF could pave the way for large-scale investment in emerging-market infrastructure projects.
‘Fake infra’ threatens real deal
Listed infrastructure is an ill-defined asset class that is often sold with false promises, threatening to discourage institutional players from genuine long-term investment in capital projects.
First benchmarks for infrastructure
The first-ever benchmarks for private infrastructure equity and debt investments have been provided by EDHEC Infrastructure, which is releasing hundreds of new indices to end confusing packaging.
Alaska’s ongoing internal push
Alaska Permanent Fund will focus on smart beta strategies as it seeks to further increase in-house management. It will also develop income-generating strategies away from traditional fixed income, leveraging its size and infinite investment horizon in competing for US infrastructure and real estate assets.
Despite demand ADIA still sees value in infrastructure
There is still value in infrastructure, according to ADIA’s head of infrastructure, John McCarthy, provided you adopt a flexible approach. The huge sovereign wealth fund is reviewing its strategy, including whether it currently has appropriate benchmarks in infrastructure, a question that has been prompted by its outperformance. The natural competitive advantage that the Abu
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