North America

LACERA lowers infra allocation from 5%

Once targeting a 5% infrastructure allocation, LACERA’s board of investments has voted to lower its infra allocation to 4% – nearly its current allocation, down from September's 5.5%.

Money can’t buy happiness – nor permits

The success of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act are exposing the little progress made on long-awaited permitting reform.

NY cancellations a blow to CIP and Macquarie’s offshore wind plans

The 1.4GW Attentive Energy One and the 1.3GW Excelsior Wind projects are sunk by GE Vernova’s scrapping of 18MW turbine, but all may not be lost.

Is it time to re-think the traditional closed-end fund structure?

The answer is ‘yes’, writes Pontoro’s managing director of private markets products, especially if the objective is to reap maximum benefits when combining it with digital asset technology

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North America has, for many years, been a preeminent infrastructure investment destination. Interest in the region has now accelerated driven by the US, on account of President Joe Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan. Combine that with the world’s most dynamic energy market, the energy transition and digital infrastructure mega-trends – as well as an LP community with plenty of room to grow their allocations to the asset class – and North America is likely to feature prominently in our coverage for many years to come. Given those factors, we are expanding our coverage of the region and offer our readers the opportunity on this page to explore key stories, news analysis, opinion and features.

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Money can’t buy happiness – nor permits

The success of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act are exposing the little progress made on long-awaited permitting reform.
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