Strategy

The proposed merger of IFM Investors and ISPT is the latest in a string of examples of GPs seeking to combine infra and real estate strategies.

The Australian superfund-owned managers would combine infra and property expertise, but stakeholders say they have distinct governance arrangements that will be hard to reconcile.

Clean Energy Finance Corporation has committed A$80m to SAF II, with PEP set to help portfolio companies make decarbonisation plans.

‘From pension plans for pension plans’ is the IST Investment Foundation’s slogan. Members of its infra team demonstrate what that means, charting the co-operative investment manager’s journey to date.

Infrastructure projects are key to place-based impact investing fulfilling its potential.

The PE player has sold its buyout activities to focus on the energy transition, with a new CEO at the helm.

Matina Papathanasiou, who co-founded QIC’s infrastructure business 17 years ago, will retire from the firm in October.

SK Shieldus is EQT’s first South Korean infra deal, as the firm targets further investments in energy, transport and digital infra.

Asia-based real estate firms focusing on the infra space may be able to hit the ground running but banking on the similarities between asset classes won’t be enough for the long haul.

Managers and advisers identify the opportunities and challenges.