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The New Mexico State Investment Council has approved a $100 million commitment to BlackRock’s Global Energy and Power Infrastructure Fund III, according to a spokesman for the state endowment. Documents from NMSIC’s board meeting this week show GEPIF III had raised $2.1 billion before the endowment’s commitment. The fund is a continuation of an energy […]

The North Dakota State Investment Board is committing $140 million to Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets’ fourth flagship fund, according to documents made public before the pension manager’s upcoming board meeting. NDSIB’s first commitment to MIRA’s infrastructure programme is meant to diversify the pension system’s infrastructure portfolio. “JPMorgan is managing approximately $407.6 million in infrastructure […]

The $66bn Permanent Fund Corporation has just committed to Morgan Stanley’s new India fund and co-invested alongside the manager in the North American midstream sector.

The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund is seeking a closed-end infrastructure fund manager to allocate an up to $25 million mandate, following the decision last month to not pursue a commitment with Oaktree Capital Management. Bids must come from fund managers offering investment strategies targeting at least two sectors – including transportation, utilities, energy, renewables, waste […]

Global investors have steadily been adding new strategies to their portfolios in the past three years with private debt, unlisted infrastructure, unlisted real estate and emerging markets equity topping the list, a new survey by London-based specialist consultant firm bfinance found. Of the 485 senior investment professionals surveyed, 66 percent said they had added a […]

An advisor to the $52.7bn pension recommended new strategies, including infrastructure investments, to ‘enhance the fund’s risk-adjusted returns’.

While the $217bn public pension fund, which has to date invested $162m in overseas infrastructure, focuses on core strategies, it is also eyeing core-plus opportunities.

While interest in the region increases, investable opportunities may become hard to identify due to risk profiles and mandate restrictions, according to a new survey.

The world’s largest pension pledges to keep building its alternatives portfolio – mostly made up of infrastructure at the moment – at a ‘stable pace’, as it eyes a 5% target.

The $199bn retirement fund is looking globally to boost its infrastructure and real estate exposure to 10 percent, up from 4.06 percent currently.