Infrastructure – Page 24
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NewsSweden’s AP3, AP1 and Folksam in SEK61bn electricity investment
Consortium led by Borealis Infrastructure buys country’s second-largest distributor
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Croatia cancels highways monetisation scheme in favour of IPO
Local pension funds envisaged as main investors
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Danish pension funds invest in UK biomass power plant
PensionDanmark, PBU, JØP and others buy Rotherham project via fund
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Tesco Pension Fund joins Pensions Infrastructure Platform
Supermarket’s £8bn fund becomes eighth investor in NAPF’s dedicated platform for pension schemes
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Santander pension fund closes in on £10bn after 18% return
UK scheme for banking group makes raft of property purchases, implements new hedge fund strategy
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Hermes secures Eurostar ownership for pension funds after UK sell-off
Hermes Infrastructure takes 10%, while Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec acquires 30% stake
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NewsUK Pensions Infrastructure Platform adds solar as fund launch nears
Chief executive says platform looking at both direct and indirect holdings, pending FCA approval
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AP1 on verge of first infrastructure investments
Swedish buffer fund posts 14.6% return for 2014, outperforming AP3 return of 13.7%
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Capital Markets Union could trigger relaxation of prudential investment rules
European Commission releases green paper on CMU, hinting at changes to allow for inflows into infrastructure
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NewsIPE Views: Is there an alternative to alternatives?
Pete Drewienkiewicz on why investors should simply look at asset classes based on their investment goals and objectives
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NewsInvestors urged to consider unfamiliar assets as easing slows
Markets to become more choppy and return sources more scattered, consultancy Mercer predicts
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Resurgent banking market sees Irish SWF shift to junior debt, equity funding
Post-crisis funding gap replaced by ‘wall of liquidity’ coming from bank debt back into Ireland
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LPFA, Greater Manchester launch £500m infrastructure vehicle
Shared vehicle to have London, Manchester focus but look to invest in national projects
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PIC sees opportunity in ‘particularly attractive’ Thames sewer construction
Insurer says governments ‘talked up’ infrastructure pipelines, but projects have failed to materialise
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S&P develops assessment for pension funds involved in direct lending
Move by ratings agency comes as pension investors opt for gradual drawdown of commitment over lump-sum payment up front
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Governance changes, regulatory action needed to grow infrastructure holdings, says OECD
Think tank’s survey of sovereign and pension funds worth $7.8trn finds only 1% of allocated to asset class
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Brussels pledges to cut regulation to attract infrastructure capital
Publication of 2015 Work Programme sees revised IORP Directive retained, emphasis on removal of regulatory hurdles to infrastructure investment
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NewsTransparency, benchmarks needed to pique pension interest in infrastructure
AEIP study calls for governments to standardise projects, as well as development of benchmarks to allow for comparability of returns
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Strathclyde boosts New Opportunities portfolio with new mandates
UK’s largest local government fund to move into social infrastructure, renewable energy production
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Pension fund for TNO to ramp up exposure to alternative credit
Scheme looks to invest in Dutch mortgage market to benefit from high spreads, low risk profile
