infrastructure

Investor Profile

Northern LGPS forges own pooling path

The UK’s £45 billion Northern LGPS pool has eschewed creating a separate FCA-regulated entity, seeing it as an unnecessary expense. Moves in infrastructure and private equity have also reflected the asset pool’s laser-like focus on keeping costs down.

Sarah RundellFebruary 18, 2019

Infrastructure

African infrastructure gets needed index

RisCura has partnered with Africa investor (Ai) Capital to launch the continent’s first infrastructure performance index. The new benchmark will cover the whole of Africa and will provide a critical tool for evaluating the risk/return profile of investments in this asset class. It should help fill a damaging shortfall in infrastructure development.

Hubert Danso and Heleen GoussardJanuary 7, 2019

Infrastructure

Nuance the name of the low carbon game

The £30 billion ($38 billion) Brunel Pension Partnership, the asset pool comprising 10 of the United Kingdom’s local authority pension schemes, is finding significant investment opportunities in private-sector renewables infrastructure.

Sarah RundellDecember 4, 2018

Infrastructure

Don’t let fear keep Africa off limits

Investment in African infrastructure has the potential to provide favourable returns, along with opportunities to make a big social impact. Study up and look past the headlines, Mercer writes.

Max MesservyNovember 7, 2018

Asset Classes

HOOPP ponders re-allocating risk

Canada's Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan is considering adding to its celebrated strategy with moves into reinsurance and infrastructure, based on forecasts of rapid growth in its assets.

Sarah RundellAugust 6, 2018

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Funds team up on G7 priorities

A group of institutional investors are collaborating to address the G7 priorities of climate change, gender inequality and the infrastructure gap, agreeing to commit resources and expertise.

Amanda WhiteJuly 19, 2018

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