Infrastructure News – Page 218
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Norwegian oil fund 'unacceptably exposed' to demographic risks
NORWAY – Report commissioned by Christian charity urges greater exposure to infrastructure.
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NAPF 'honing' structure of Pension Infrastructure Platform
UK – Association to be general partner despite lack of clarity on how arrangement will look.
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PensionDanmark to invest nearly £130m in UK biomass power plant
EUROPE – Danish scheme also in talks with Faroe Islands on undersea tunnel project.
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Aviva Investors launches infrastructure debt fund to target bank loans
EUROPE – Raises €425m in first closing, securing funds from three insurance companies.
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Scheme for Austrian lawyers considers foray into real estate
AUSTRIA – Pension fund says government's long-term investment projects 'also interesting'.
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Report backs creation of UK infrastructure bank
UK – National Investment Bank could provide smaller investors with project expertise.
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NAPF infrastructure fund will 'do its best' to accommodate DC
UK – Vehicle keen to be as 'DC-friendly as possible', says CIO at NEST.
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20% allocation to real estate a 'reasonable proposition', says NEST
UK – CIO says allocation would ‘ideally’ be for all real assets, including infrastructure.
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OECD assesses Australian, Canadian infrastructure models
GLOBAL – Report compares different investment approaches used by pension funds.
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H1 infrastructure fundraising jumps by nearly 80% – Preqin
GLOBAL – Unlisted funds secure $14.5bn in fresh capital since beginning of 2013.
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Pension funds lack 'right instruments' for long-term investing
EUROPE – EDHEC-Risk Institute response to EIOPA consultation highlight failures in policy.
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Irish finance minister dodges questions on future of NPRF
IRELAND – Minister uncler whether new strategic investment fund will pre-fund pension liabilities.
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LPFA laments 'missed opportunity' to promote infrastructure spending
UK – Authority calls for creation of de facto 'sovereign wealth funds'.
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Australia's Industry Funds Management opens Berlin office
GLOBAL – Infrastructure company seeks to attract locally based institutional investors.
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PFA, SE acquire Dong Energy's onshore wind-power business
DENMARK – New company aims to become market leader in onshore wind turbines.
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Associations weigh in on long-term financing Green Paper
EUROPE – Industry groups call for tax incentives, removal of capital requirements.
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Danish roundup: PensionDanmark, PFA, NREP Logistics, SPP
DENMARK – PensionDanmark invests DKK1.2bn in first offshore wind farm built in US.
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Axa RE to invest €10bn in infrastructure debt projects
GLOBAL – Company sets up new team to manage allocation, headed by Charles Dupont.
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Irish government to sever ties between NPRF, pre-funding liabilities
IRELAND – Equity, bond holding to be divested as government launches Ireland Strategic Investment Fund.
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ABP, PFZW criticise Dutch government's volte-face on infrastructure
NETHERLANDS – Finance Ministry changes inflation compensation policy for infrastructure projects.
