After more than a decade at the pension, which has $2.6bn of its assets in infrastructure, Brett Harris will be replaced on an interim basis by his deputy.
The US public retirement system sees the end of 10-year relationship with its CIO.
The China-led multilateral financial institution invests to foster the infrastructure market development in India.
The British public pension committed to an infrastructure fund
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The US transportation secretary faced questions over cuts to the TIGER and Capital Investment Grant programmes in a hearing to discuss the administration’s budget proposal.
Opportunities remain in Britain though, with the fund seeking £100m to part-finance a pipeline that totals about 600MW.
The vehicle, which has a £300m target, aims to generate 8-10% returns from local infrastructure and social housing projects.
The guarantees from the World Bank subsidiary will go to the country’s agriculture and infrastructure bank, with Standard Chartered signing $500m in term loans.
Macquarie’s possible sale of the airport has led the government to consider strengthening investment laws as a domestic pension circles the asset.
The UK-based specialist asset management firm’s fund receives support from LGPS investors.
The CDPQ-sponsored transit project will span 67km and comes with a $4.6bn total price tag.
A 50MW wind project sponsored by a North American PE-fund-turned-developer has reached financial close, bringing the country closer to its 1GW target by 2018.
In addition to the $150m commitment, the China-led multilateral has approved loans to support a road project in Georgia and a hydropower programme in Tajikistan.
The firm’s Asset Backed Income Fund is eyeing higher-yielding sectors as its traditional areas of investment see yield compression.
The Canadian pension grew its infrastructure holdings to $8.3bn, or 8.2% of its total assets, over the year to end March.