Tom Taylor

The Emerging Asia Sustainable Infrastructure Fund is focused on Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia and India.

Backed by I Squared’s Growth Markets Fund II, the new ANZA Power platform launches with a 1.5GW development pipeline and a strategy tailored to different market dynamics on either side of the Tasman Sea.

The decision marks a retreat from BlackRock’s ambition to use New Zealand as a single-market test case for climate infrastructure investing.

Despite political challenges, economy-wide carbon pricing shifts capital to clean energy, shields countries from offshore carbon taxes and offers investors the certainty they need.

Yoshitaka Todoroki, MD of GPIF’s private markets unit, and Mari Tanaka, research and analytics director, outline how the pension is gathering fund- and asset-level data to measure excess returns and refine manager selection as it moves toward more direct infra commitments.

Technology and cost improvements have seen battery energy storage systems become increasingly appealing for energy transition investors – especially as grid constraints continue to bite.

Brookfield aims to scale its 1.9GW Alba Renewables platform as it targets undercapitalised markets through its Catalytic Transition Fund, on track for a final close next year.

Korea is pouring billions into AI infrastructure, prompting global investors to scale up their data centres – and to work out how to source the energy to power them.

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.