The Lion City is stepping up efforts to ‘crowd-in’ private capital on Asian infrastructure projects with a debt distribution scheme and the creation of investment standards.
But CIO Angela Miller-May stressed it wasn’t the clincher in its recent decision to allocate $50m with IFM Investors and Ullico Investment Advisors.
A US-based fund of funds has picked up 25% of the €547m vehicle, which closed in 2008.
The independent body’s ‘Making Reform Happen’ paper proposes significant changes to the funding, delivery and operation of infrastructure in the country.
The Australian superfund will be more flexible as it looks to increase its exposure to infrastructure assets from 3 percent currently.
After months of hand-wringing, Australia’s National Energy Guarantee made significant progress in April. But questions remain about whether it is the right policy and what impact it will have on investment. Daniel Kemp reports.
The world’s largest wind market is requesting local authorities to have a better plan to absorb electricity generated from the country’s 168GW installed capacity and tightening regulations for future projects.
The single commitment to the IIF was preferred to an investment in IFM, concluding the UK pension’s search for an open-ended global infrastructure vehicle.
Deanne Stewart, current CEO of Metlife’s Australian business, will take over in November after Michael Dwyer retires.
The Australian fund manager has invested in A2Dominion on behalf of two insurance clients.
The $199bn retirement fund is looking globally to boost its infrastructure and real estate exposure to 10 percent, up from 4.06 percent currently.
From unlisted fundraising, to installed capacity, to some recent landmark deals, we bring you some key energy transition stats.
Despite a clear need and high growth potential, investors have not backed the energy storage sector in large numbers, partly due to a lack of standardised contracts, finds Jordan Stutts.
India’s infrastructure market continues to entice and, for some, to disappoint. While the government has made infrastructure development a priority and there are pockets of opportunity, the country still isn’t an easy market to invest in, finds Siddharth Poddar
The government has updated its legislation, increasing investors’ required equity participation from 15 to 20 percent of the cost minus the state’s contribution.