Asset Allocation
UniSuper looks to China
The A$70 billion Australian superannuation fund for higher education and research workers, UniSuper, is keen on China. CIO John Pearce explains why.
Elizabeth FryJune 14, 2019
Infrastructure
Infra performance benchmarks wanting
The EDHECinfra/G20 survey of infrastructure benchmarking practices, which included representatives of 130 asset owners accounting for $10 trillion, has found that existing performance monitoring benchmarks are self-defeating for asset owners and managers. But improvement, in the form of a more representative, better defined benchmark, may be possible thanks to recent progress.
Frederic Blanc-BrudeMay 29, 2019
Infrastructure
Infra risks misunderstood
Investors in infrastructure do know how much risk they are taking and they are not happy about it, according to the 2019 EDHECinfra/G20 survey. This is the first installment of a three part series examining the results according to asset allocation, monitoring and risk management.
Frederic Blanc-BrudeMay 22, 2019
Industry events
Urgency needed in infrastructure
There is an urgent need for infrastructure investment that cannot wait, according to Jim Yong Kim, former president of the World Bank and now partner and vice president of Global Infrastructure Partners.
Amanda WhiteMay 7, 2019
Infrastructure
Infrastructure prices don’t show bubble
A decade of price increases in unlisted infrastructure raised fears of an “infrastructure bubble”. On the contrary, this period was one of price discovery for a nascent asset class, research by EDHECinfra finds.
Frederic Blanc-Brude and Sarah TameMarch 1, 2019
Technology
Value lies where precious data is stored
Organisations across the globe are collecting data, analysing and re-analysing it more and more every day. As this trend continues, data infrastructure – tangible or intangible – becomes increasingly attractive. Canada’s OPTrust cites this reality as the rationale behind the EdgeCore partnership. It thinks data is its own asset class.
James DavisFebruary 25, 2019