Tom Taylor

As negotiators at COP30 failed to produce a roadmap for countries to transition away from fossil fuels, investors should be eyeing the adaptation opportunities that garnered more attention at the summit.

Organisational changes at the New Zealand Superannuation Fund seek to set it up for future growth alongside global co-investors like Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.

In The Infrastructure Investor Podcast, we review investor sentiment, policy trends and the key themes shaping regional markets.

With gas reserves in decline and hydropower running dry, investors are leading a new wave of solar projects across New Zealand.

QIC, alongside Australia's Future Fund, has acquired a 19.9% stake in Tilt Renewables that it did not already own, which takes its ownership to 99.9% as it targets final investment decisions on two wind projects this year.

Macquarie Asset Management has handed control of its balance-sheet green energy platforms to Macquarie Group’s corporate centre amid headwinds for the offshore wind sector.

Australian superannuation-owned asset manager IFM Investors is preparing to expand into Asian infrastructure markets, eyeing the transport, digital infrastructure and renewable energy sectors as key growth areas.

SMTB’s second domestic vehicle, which at first close has already surpassed Fund I’s total, is backed by insurers and regional banks and hopes to attract corporate pensions to its investor pool.

The sovereign-backed manager seeks to raise a total of $3.5bn for Fund II, with $1bn in co-investment rights also up for grabs before the final close.

Disputes over feed-in tariffs and delayed payments from Vietnam’s state-owned utility EVN have seen investors stalling future projects amid financial losses on their current portfolios, Tom Taylor writes.