Joe Marsh
Having last acquired infra secondary assets in 2017, the €616bn Dutch pension manager may tap the fast-growing market again, says infra chief Jan-Willem Ruisbroek.
The new addition will be Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ first distribution executive in the region outside Australia.
The German asset manager, with around €34bn in infrastructure assets, will lose Desmond Ng in the summer.
The US start-up Firebrand Investors has senior management in place and is working to build out its investment team.
How investors like Swiss Re and the UK’s Pension Insurance Corporation are adapting to this fast-maturing asset class.
Thomas Bayerl, global head of illiquid assets for Munich Re’s investment management arm, bemoans American policy uncertainty, reflecting wider investor wariness.
CIO Dan Mikulskis outlines why infra will be key to the £31bn fund’s move into private markets, and why US assets may be largely off the table for now.
Global CIO William Chan expects to see more favourable Hong Kong capital treatment of infra equity, which may spark up to $10bn of inflows from local insurers like HSBC Life.
Former global client chief Mike Perry and alternatives products head Keith Jones have left the $1.3trn firm, which is targeting $2trn in assets by 2030.
The $70.4bn retirement fund’s investment committee greenlights expert group plan, flags double materiality.