Reducing carbon emissions has become a top priority for governments, businesses and investors as the world tries to limit global warming yet fails to get on the right track. The lowest-hanging fruit is reducing emissions of existing assets. A large number of investors and asset managers are seeking to do just that, having adopted net-zero […]
A new regulatory period looms but attracting much needed capital when ‘investors can earn a higher return with much less risk’ elsewhere will be an uphill struggle.
A new regulatory period looms but attracting much needed capital when ‘investors can earn a higher return with much less risk’ elsewhere will be an uphill struggle. “The water sector is relatively predictable, so much so that you can usually get a reasonable idea of what the next year will be like for a company […]
Since their inception, private markets have been out of reach for most individual investors. The long-term time horizons, complexity, lack of liquidity and high fees, not to mention regulations aimed at protecting ordinary investors, have meant institutional investors have historically accounted for most of the capital raised for alternative funds. This dynamic is rapidly changing. […]
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UK utility Southern Water was fined a record £126 million ($158.9 million; €139.9 million) by regulator Ofwat in June for failing to prevent sewage spillages over seven years and manipulating figures about such incidents to avoid penalties. The fine was in addition to sanctions for similar leakages over that period. Despite these offences and Ofwat’s […]
As ‘free money’ dries up, higher interest rates are reshaping critical dynamics of the renewable energy market.
Igneo Infrastructure Partners has held a final close on the €5 billion hard-cap for the third vintage of its European infrastructure strategy, Infrastructure Investor understands. The near-$23 billion manager’s fund, European Diversified Infrastructure Fund III (EDIF III), was launched in September 2019 with a target of €3.5 billion and a €5 billion hard-cap. Sources said that the fund had […]
Opening up alternative assets to non-institutional investors, from HNWIs to 401(k) account holders, represents up to $80 trillion. It's an alluring pot of capital for an industry that is seeing flatlining annual fundraising figures in some asset classes. And yet, multiple headwinds exist, making the journey towards increasing democratisation far from straightforward.
The German institution’s CIO, Christian Wiehenkamp, gives us the lowdown on how it invests in the asset class and where it sees opportunities.
After one of the most difficult years in living memory in 2023, 2024 delivered the first glimmers of a fundraising recovery. Public markets bounced back, alleviating the pernicious denominator effect. Liquidity has continued to be a problem, but with the help of the burgeoning infrastructure secondaries market, distributions are now slowly returning, and LPs are […]
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The Role of Automation in Software Testing Software testing is a critical phase in the software development lifecycle, ensuring that applications function as expected before reaching end users. While manual testing has been the backbone of quality assurance for decades, automation has revolutionized the industry by improving efficiency, accuracy, and speed. Why Automation in Testing? […]
Private debt has emerged as a significant asset class in the financial world, offering attractive returns for investors while providing essential capital to businesses. Unlike traditional bank loans, private debt is usually provided by non-bank lenders, such as private equity firms, hedge funds, and specialized debt funds. This asset class has grown significantly in recent […]
Private debt has emerged as a significant asset class in the financial world, offering attractive returns for investors while providing essential capital to businesses. Unlike traditional bank loans, private debt is usually provided by non-bank lenders, such as private equity firms, hedge funds, and specialized debt funds. This asset class has grown significantly in recent […]