Infrastructure News – Page 213
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Future Fund buys stakes in European airports
GLOBAL – Australian fund to acquire AIX infrastructure portfolio for €1.6bn.
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NAPF calls for changes to infrastructure procurement guidelines
UK – Organisation suggests changes that would favour less leveraged investment vehicles.
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Danish pension funds enter unique public-private partnership JV
DENMARK – Schemes join forces to create 'one-stop shop' for construction projects.
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Virgina Retirement expands infrastructure portfolio
UNITED STATES – Commitment to Grain Infrastructure Fund increases exposure to $525m.
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Blackstone trio to set up BlackRock infrastructure debt business
GLOBAL – BlackRock hires team from Blackstone private debt business to launch own platform.
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Infrastructure funds could make up 30% of real estate market – ALFI
EUROPE – Association of Luxembourg Fund Industry expecting surge of interest in asset class.
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Vinci fund acquires UK school PFI project for £5m
UK – French company's fund acquires 50% share of PFT project not previously owned.
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Judge to decide litigation options for pension funds suing Henderson
UK – High Court to decide whether schemes can bring claims against asset manager as group or individually.
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Australian supers opting for social infrastructure despite inexperience
AUSTRALIA – Asset class 'is maturing rather than mature', Folkestone chief executive says.
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LGPS could see infrastructure allocation boosted by 15%
UK – Government consultation proposes new upper threshold on limited partnerships.
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BA Pensions joins ranks of Pension Infrastructure Platform investors
UK – Scheme listed as founding investor together with Strathclyde, BAE and BT, among others.
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German institutional investors dump bonds, shift towards real estate
GERMANY – Independent surveys by Union, Universal show increase in alternatives at expense of fixed income.
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EDHEC, Natixis launch research chair on infrastructure debt
EUROPE – Partnership aims to explore risk/return characteristics, diversification benefits.
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CalPERS 'cannot compete' with cheap finance on infrastructure
NORTH AMERICA – Pension fund agreed last September to invest $800m in California infrastructure.
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More UK schemes sign up to Pensions Infrastructure Platform
UK – Four more pension funds become founding members of scheme developed by PPF, NAPF.
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US roundup: Montana, San Francisco, New Mexico, Maine
NORTH AMERICA – Montana State Board earmarks $138m for real estate over next 12 months.
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PensionDanmark commits €800m to infrastructure fund
DENMARK – Danish scheme's total allocation to asset class climbs to 10% of assets.
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AllianzGI develops infrastructure debt platform
EUROPE – Platform, initially for AllianzGI, to be offered to third-party clients over time.
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Report shows increasing institutional demand for infrastructure
GLOBAL – Larger European pension funds increasingly willing to diversify investments.
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Pension funds should 'beware' calls to boost domestic investment
EUROPE – Experts at AGI event say diversification best antidote to financial repression.
