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A study by HEC Paris and MVision Private Equity Advisers finds that gender diverse investment committee teams outperform all-male teams across several industry metrics.
The countryโ€™s companies โ€˜are in reasonably good financial shapeโ€™, despite slowing economic conditions across the Asia-Pacific region, according to S&P Global Ratingsโ€™ Parvathy Iyer.
Direct investing
Going direct is well-suited to infrastructure. But anyone looking to do it will have to tackle tough questions around compensation and transparency.
Business meeting
The spotlight is intensifying as private debtโ€™s role in the stability of the financial system is questioned โ€“ and misunderstandings needs to be addressed.
For the first time in nearly two decades, growth in new capacity has stalled. We examine why and look at whether the freeze is expected to last.
diversity ESG
Just over a third of private equity managers consider diversity in their investment processes, according to LGT Capital Partners' ESG Report 2019.
ESG Debate June 2019
Partners Groupโ€™s Esther Peiner and EDHECinfraโ€™s Frรฉdรฉric Blanc-Brude give their views on the impact of environmental, sustainability and governance measures on infrastructure investment.
Dubai
The region needs a long-term instrument to refinance mini-perms. But, as Victoria Mesquita Wlazlo of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius argues, its capital markets must deepen if project bonds are to be effective.
Fund managers are increasingly looking to buy assets such as aircraft and home heating systems. We find out under which circumstances these investments make sense and whether asset leasing is ready to take off.
Digital infrastructure is already mainstream and keeps growing in importance.
Digital infrastructure
Digital infrastructure is a relatively new sector and is developing rapidly, with investment pouring into data centres, fibre and towers.
OUR PANEL Bruno Candรจs, partner, InfraVia Capital Partners Marc Ganzi, CEO, Digital Bridge Izzet Gรผney, managing director, Cube IM Carlo Maddalena, senior portfolio manager, APG Asset Management Tom Maher, head of business development, Whitehelm Capital Has digital gone mainstream? Ganzi: I believe it has. Every infrastructure GP now claims to have an allocation and strategy [โ€ฆ]
With nearly $20bn raised in Q1, expect 2019 to be another record-breaking year for infrastructure fundraising.
Infrastructure investing
An overview of the milestones in the digital revolution, from 1947 to today, helps point the way to whatโ€™s next.
Digital infrastructure was on participantsโ€™ minds at the Infrastructure Investor Global Summit in Berlin in March, cropping up in discussions on everything from energy to climate change, and headlining the final day of proceedings. As the hot new sector for the asset class, conference attendees came out to hear about topics as diverse as whether [โ€ฆ]
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