Infrastructure veteran Mark Weisdorf has joined the investment committee of IST3 Global, which has so far garnered $438m from 17 pensions.
The hire comes as the Duterte administration is preparing what it says will be the biggest infrastructure push in the country’s history.
The Singapore sovereign wealth fund has reshuffled its leadership team yet again, months after creating new senior investment positions in April.
The world’s third-largest pension is in the process of bolstering its internal investment units as it seeks to make more direct and joint investments in infrastructure.
Paul Gill has moved to the UK pension platform from Lloyd’s asset management division as it continues to strengthen its investment division.
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The private equity and infrastructure investment firm has hired Michael Bowen to focus on direct secondaries and co-investments.
Erik van de Brake will succeed Frank Roeters van Lennep, who became CIO for private markets at the Dutch pension nearly two months ago.
Brett Clark, previously at Infrastructure Ontario and Scotiabank, will lead the $50bn Investment Management Corporation of Ontario.
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King & Wood Mallesons’ former global infra co-head Neil Upton is moving to the law firm’s London office along with six legal and business development professionals.
The President-elect made infrastructure a top item of his victory speech, but little detail transpired on how he plans to address his long list of objectives.
Matthew Vickerstaff, who joins the Infrastructure and Projects Authority in a newly created role, will also serve as its deputy CEO.
Glen Matsumoto has joined the private equity firm’s real assets division 16 months after leaving his role as infrastructure partner at EQT.
The $12.6bn Australian super fund revised its allocation to real assets, including infrastructure and real estate, from 15% to 18% in May.
The clean energy developer has launched Mainstream Renewable Capital to help it fund its 700MW of contracted renewables projects and more.
Mike Jensen, investment chief of the Lancashire County Pension Fund, tells us about the institution's imminent pooling with the London Pensions Fund Authority to become the Local Pensions Partnership.