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The asset class generated a 12.5% return and the allocation could be increased, CIO Claus Stampe tells us, despite recent local watchdog censure on infrastructure investments.
The two regions led the asset class to buck last year’s trend, experiencing a 17% increase in fundraising growth compared to the 11% drop private markets experienced as a whole, McKinsey reveals in a recent report.
Anton Pil, managing partner, JPMorgan Global Alternatives, argues ESG is an integral part of the value proposition and ‘fundamental to the bottom line’.
The provision of institutional debt in European PPP projects has increased by 55%, as well as increasing the number of countries lent to.
Private fund CFOs: if you haven’t been tasked with creating a more diverse workforce, you probably will be.
Macquarie Capital has settled a lawsuit with Syncora Guarantee for $38m, following accusations of using inflated projections to secure a toll road acquisition. We find the pre-crisis deal offers some valuable lessons for the transportation industry.
First Super CEO Bill Watson worries it’s only a matter of time before his superannuates realise they own some of the assets providing them a poor service. He’s right to do so.
It’s not just ‘a wall of capital’ chasing too few deals that has driven up infrastructure valuations in the past 15 years, but other systematic factors as well, the research institute says in its latest study.
Moody´s warns about the lack of transparency and the possible impact of a debt burden on member countries.
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