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The pipeline of projects in the country looks good, despite the standstill at federal government level. Claire Coe Smith reports on the role private capital can play.
The industry needs to take pole position and have zero tolerance for slip-ups if it doesnโ€™t want to end up as a rule-taker.
Vietnam
However, experts agree country is set to play a major role in the development of renewables across Asia-Pacific.
Our Global Investor 30 lists the leading LPs in terms of the amount of capital, but which investors are the most active?
How Blackstone's mega fund, the continuing rise of renewables and uncertain future of PPPs will shape the market
diversity ESG
You donโ€™t often hear of an investor point-blank refusing to engage with a manager on the grounds of a lack of diversity. But thatโ€™s exactly what delegates heard from a GP at the Women in Private Equity Forum, held in London in November. The GP had presented its latest fund offering to a Nordic state [โ€ฆ]
Ratings and evaluations are being used to help managers raise money and land favourable loan terms. But the systems used to measure ESG have failings that cannot be ignored.
Expert analysis by Jason Clatworthy, managing director, Jay Moody, managing director, and Hiral Bhatt, senior director, at Alvarez & Marsal Taxand
Daniele Gatti, CFO at Ambienta, shares his insight on ESG reporting at a firm focused on positive environmental impact.
OPICโ€™s David Bohigian explains how Blue Dot Network, a multilateral initiative backed by the US, Australia and Japan, will establish best practices that will serve โ€˜as a seal of approval on project excellenceโ€™.
The 6% annual returns JPMorgan AM predicts infrastructure equity will generate over the next decade, will โ€˜offset a lot of the pain that will at some point comeโ€™.
The move comes after initial efforts to end such funding by the end of 2020 were resisted by EU member states.
WIPE video PEI
In this three-minute video, delegates at PEI's Women in Private Markets Forum in London share whether LPs are seeking enough from their GPs to better promote diversity.
Women in Infrastructure, London November 2019
How to achieve diversity, dealing with late-cycle โ€˜schizophreniaโ€™, technology and regulatory risk, and why the right questions are crucial for ESG implementation were some of the key topics covered.
Infratech Nov 2019 google cover story
Alphabetโ€™s entry into the asset class foreshadows a potential disruption that will force investors to choose between betting on tech or being disrupted themselves.
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