Infrastructure research
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White papersFoundations for securing Australia’s net zero future
Australia stands at a critical juncture in its infrastructure journey. As the world grapples with climate change, shifting geopolitical realities, and rapid technological advancement, Australia’s infrastructure sector is uniquely positioned to lead. With a robust economy, abundant natural resources, and a mature investment environment, the nation offers compelling opportunities for both domestic and international investors.
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White papersPrivate markets demand can help to pave the long road to net zero
If allocating to private infrastructure stands to offer both ballast and buoyancy, then what’s behind this? In this article, IFM’s Andrea Mody looks at the global megatrends that are creating powerful tailwinds for the asset class, and driving interest in infrastructure among long-term investors.
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White papersContinued momentum: The outlook for European infrastructure debt
European infrastructure debt enters 2026 in a healthy position, with no shortage of demand for its diverse range of opportunities. Nonetheless, investors need to be alert to various risks and conduct thorough due diligence, argues Darryl Murphy.
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White papersThe Red Thread: Alternative alpha, Edition 2025/26
Our semi-annual insights into alternatives
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White papersEmbracing infrastructure opportunities: Infrastructure allocations gain momentum as investor interest grows
The rise in infrastructure assets under management (AuM) has been driven more by internal growth in unrealized value in recent years, as opposed to the growth in dry powder. Challenging fundraising conditions throughout 2023 and 2024, against a backdrop of a resurgent deal market, have seen dry power stocks fall 12% over 2024. While fundraising has more recently picked up, returning to a record pace in 1H25, longer-term growth in fundraising inflows is fundamentally a function of investor allocations.
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White papersInfrastructure: The Red Thread – Alternatives: Edition 2025/26
Investor sentiment toward infrastructure has shifted decisively more positive in 2025. At a time when most private market asset classes remain well below their historic fundraising peaks, global infrastructure fundraising is on track to reach a new record this year
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White papersStorage Takes Centre Stage in Redefining Grid Independence
As renewable energy continues to expand, its integration into existing power systems is [1] prompting a fundamental rethink of how grids are designed and operated. What began as a peripheral technology, supported by feed-in tariffs and subsidy frameworks, is now a cornerstone of modern energy systems.
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White papersPrivate Infrastructures: perspectives and added value through active management
In an economic environment marked by a future outlook in which interest rates and inflation may be higher and more volatile, investments in private infrastructure assets are an attractive alternative for investors seeking stability of returns, a good risk-adjusted return trade-off, and diversification of their overall portfolios. This report examines how active management in private infrastructure can enhance the value generated by this asset class.
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White papersBeyond quartiles: The alpha reckoning in private markets
Can your fund manager really generate alpha, or just ride the market tide? For decades, private market investors have wrestled with a deceptively simple question, is my fund manager truly skilled, or just riding the wave of the market tide?
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White papers‘Why Now?’ for Listed Infrastructure
Listed infrastructure has matured into a recognised core allocation for sophisticated investors. Once considered a niche alternative, it is now often viewed as an integral part of multi-asset portfolios, providing a unique blend of return, stability, and structural growth. Here we highlight why moderating macro pressures and enduring structural growth drivers reinforce the strategic role of the asset class now.
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White papersMid-market infra – complexity as a new differentiator
Mid-market infrastructure is expanding in scale and ambition, but so too is the complexity of the underlying businesses. Assets are more capital-intensive, interlinked and energy constrained, shaped by rising demand for essential services, evolving policies and technological advancements.
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White papersPrivate Markets 700: The global investor barometer - An era of expanding possibilities
Private markets are entering an era of expanding possibilities. Our latest Private Markets 700 research - drawing on the views of more than 700 institutional investors worldwide - reveals that investors are asking for more from their private markets portfolios, tasking them with delivering on a wider set of objectives than ever before.
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White papersCan infrastructure weather the next storm?
Infrastructure has generally shown resilience in economic slowdowns, and through proprietary risk management and diversified exposure across defensive and cyclical sub-sectors, it potentially offers investors meaningful downside protection and attractive long-term risk-adjusted returns.
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White papersBuilding the Backbone of AI
From the kitchen table to the boardroom, artificial intelligence (AI) has captured our imagination with its promise to become the most transformative technology in modern history. But realizing that potential hinges on a massive expansion of physical infrastructure that will allow it to scale—ranging from AI data centres to energy transmission and compute systems, and more.
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White papersScaling for success: creating value in mid-market infrastructure
In the mid-market infrastructure market, scaling a business into a fully functional institutional platform and capturing the associated scale premium are powerful drivers of value at exit. Among value-add approaches, buy-and-build can unlock significant growth. Over the past decade, InfraVia has consistently scaled platforms through a balanced combination of organic growth (CAPEX) and acquisition-led expansion (M&A).
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White papersThe evolution of Real Assets and the key to overcoming growing complexity
Real assets fund managers are pursuing ambitious growth targets the coming years to stay ahead of competitors in today’s market, however, they are also facing increasing complexity in their operations and reporting requirements to support such growth ambitions.
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White papersThe case for growth markets infrastructure
We firmly believe that the global investment landscape is being shaped by three mega-trends: decarbonisation, digitalisation and deglobalisation. These trends are generating what we think are strong opportunities to invest in critical, essential service sustainable infrastructure.
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White papersClosing the loop on decarbonized transport
Investing in decarbonized transport and its role in the energy transition
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White papersExposé
Once a year, the “Exposé” examines trends in the real estate sector in relation to overall economic development. In each issue, the magazine also features six outstanding properties from the real estate portfolio of Swiss Life Asset Managers.
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White papersWhen new energy meets old wires
Institutional Investing in Infrastructure (i3) article – US electric grid infrastructure in the age of Trump and AI
