The Canadian pension plan has named a new executive to the role less than a year after announcing the formation of the real assets group and its first global head.
Formed in May, the unit helmed by William Barry aims to capture the premium generated through de-risking African renewables projects.
The legal powerhouse has added Manhattan-based Chadbourne & Parke, strengthening its US presence while adding offices in Mexico City, São Paulo and Istanbul.
Since 2012, AllianzGI has played a pioneering role in building infrastructure debt into a fully fledged asset class. Barely a year after becoming head of alternatives, Deborah Zurkow, together with colleagues Adrian Jones and Martin Ewald, reflect on how the firm seeks to maintain its lead.
Julien Gailleton joins the firm’s Paris office after spending seven years as a senior investment director at CDC Infrastructure.
The current head of SL Capital is set to helm the unit just days after shareholders approved a £3.8bn transaction that will create the UK’s largest asset manager.
Marta Jankovic, ESG and responsible investment specialist at APG, replaces Blackstone’s Gerry Murphy at the industry body.
Stuart Ledger leaves Thames Water after nine years at the firm which has been hit with fines of £28.5m in the last few months.
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.
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The advisory firm and placement agent is also planning to open a second Asia office in Singapore.
The reshuffle at the top of the private markets team comes after the firm warned of lofty valuations in core infrastructure.
Sang-Hyun Yoo, who resigned from the pension in February, has been replaced by the former alternatives head of Meritz Asset Management.
OTPP has been under-allocated for most of the 15 years it has been investing in infrastructure – until now. Infrastructure chief Andrew Claerhout tells us how the pension got creative, opened itself up to new sectors and geographies, and acquired the skills to become a serious developer of greenfield assets.
Brent Tasugi will serve as an investment director, as the Australian firm focuses increasingly on the US market in anticipation of Trump infra spending.
Ben Loomes will run a business comprising six listed and private funds.