With the promise of outsized returns comes the expectation of outsized compensation.
The government could also support new coal-fired power stations as PM Malcom Turnbull gives in to pressure from MPs within his own party.
An advisor to the $52.7bn pension recommended new strategies, including infrastructure investments, to ‘enhance the fund’s risk-adjusted returns’.
The UK pension has been struggling with its infra allocation, investing last year in Infracapital to make up for a slower Partners Group drawdown, but finding itself in the same situation again.
Infratil and Mercury launched a joint bid to take 100% ownership of Tilt Renewables, which holds 11% of Australia’s installed wind capacity.
As the manager gears up to raise as much as $7bn, we bring you interactive charts on its portfolio composition, team growth, performance and more (hover over to go full-screen).
The hurdle rate is facing downward pressure; investors might just let it slide.
These institutions prefer floating rate-based loans to mitigate foreign currency hedging risks, with infra debt on the rise with investors for the past five years.
The airport’s regulated rate of return may come under fire in a review, according to ratings agency S&P.
The vehicle closed last month on $2bn, in a strategy shift that sees the Canadian insurer manage third-party capital for the asset class.
The troubles at the Middle East’s biggest private equity firm are relevant to investors in any private asset class.
Heavyweight Australian investors back a new workplace diversity initiative as LPs admit the issue is a factor in their investment decision-making.
The pension could one day acquire a fund or specialist manager in the infrastructure, agriculture or timber sectors, although it has no imminent plans to do so.
The alternative real estate sector has seen a flood of new entrants and increased supply.
The Walsh & Co-managed entity has secured a 15-year PPA for 69% of Beryl Solar Farm’s output and is considering a battery installation to enhance risk-adjusted returns.