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Infrastructure 2025 Outlook
In 2025, the macro backdrop for private infrastructure is undoubtedly positive. Economic growth is resilient, inflation remains above average, and interest rates are declining. Valuations have also fallen in recent years, offering relative value compared to public markets. All stars appear aligned for the asset class, but here is a simple truth – there is no easy money left in infrastructure.
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KGAL invests in leasing deal for three more aircraft for pension fund
KGAL has successfully concluded a lease agreement with the Canadian regional airline Porter Airlines for three De Havilland Dash-8 Q400 aircraft via its subsidiary GOAL, the long-standing joint venture between KGAL and Deutsche Lufthansa AG. The aircraft are part of the KGAL APF 5 fund, which specialises in aircraft leasing and which has to date grown to a volume of well over 400 million euros.
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Nuclear and the energy transition — Lessons learned from the lost decades
Interest in nuclear energy has ebbed and flowed in the past few decades. We have seen several declarations of a “nuclear renaissance” during this period, depending on prevailing public opinion around carbon emissions, energy security and nuclear safety, as well as country-specific issues.
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KGAL honoured with the Scope Award in the “New Energy” category for the third time in a row
The independent rating agency Scope has once again recognised KGAL as the best asset manager in the “Infrastructure Equity – New Energy” category. More than 20 years of experience with renewable energies, the expertise of a 65-strong team of experts and the unique product range are the basis for success.
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Embodied carbon: Exploring carbon emissions at the construction phase with Datum datacentres
Datum Datacentres operates a network of environmentally efficient, carrier neutral data centers. Below is a snapshot of what the company is doing to assess the emissions in the production and construction phase of its new datacenter as part of its environmental management plan.
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Data centers
Data centers are growing rapidly across the world. How can we manage their sustainability impacts?
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Beyond renewables: Investing in the global energy transition
The global push to decarbonise will require investment in a wide range of technologies and infrastructure, bringing a diverse array of potential opportunities for investors.
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Infrastructure debt: Capturing the mainstream
Jerome Neyroud, head of infrastructure debt investments at Schroders Capital, on why infrastructure debt is no longer niche, the appeal of the asset class and the sectors poised to drive future demand.
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Searching for impact: Comparing transport and renewables from an impact perspective
The energy transition has been the largest opportunity within the infrastructure sector over the past decade (~52% of transactions closed1), and we expect this trend to continue.
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KGAL acquires wind farm in Rhineland-Palatinate
KGAL Investment Management is pleased to announce that it has acquired three wind turbines near Perscheid, Rhineland-Palatinate. The wind farm is the first investment in an individual mandate, in which KGAL is advising the Software AG Foundation (SAGST). The wind farm, currently under construction, has a total capacity of 17.1 megawatts (MW) and is scheduled to go into operation in spring 2025. The seller is BayWa r.e.
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Infrastructure debt: A sector for all cycles
Investor demand for infrastructure debt is growing amid higher-for-longer interest rates and supported by global mega-trends related to AI and decarbonisation.
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Listed infrastructure: a missing piece in your portfolio
Investing in essential service providers, which are integral to our daily lives, results in unique investment characteristics that can diversify your portfolio across market cycles. The defensive growth profile of the asset class complements equities, fixed income, and private infrastructure. Integrating GLI into a traditional 60/40 portfolio by substituting 10% of equities holds the potential to provide similar returns while lowering overall portfolio risk.
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Powering returns: Why non-investment grade energy infrastructure debt now?
The global transformation to sustainable energy is one of the most important investment themes of our generation. Governments and businesses across the globe are seeking to decarbonize as digitalization and generative artificial intelligence are creating a surge in power demand. How can investors benefit from these two megatrends?
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Standing proud! 2024 GRESB Real Estate and Infrastructure Assessments
UBS Asset Management, Real Estate & Private Markets’ (REPM) sustainability efforts continue to build momentum with another set of strong results in the 2024 GRESB Real Estate and Infrastructure Assessments.
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Not all net zero pathways are created equal: Pivotal questions for investors to ask
Improving real estate’s sustainability profile is pivotal to addressing climate change, as the sector contributes some 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
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PtX Development Fund by KfW and KGAL makes first contribution to Egyptian hydrogen project
The PtX Development Fund for the promotion of hydrogen projects in developing and emerging economies has approved its first grant: Egypt Green Hydrogen (EGH) will receive €30 million for a hydrogen project in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), the largest industrial cluster in Egypt. Prior to this, KGAL Investment Management GmbH & Co KG, the fund manager mandated by KfW, had intensively reviewed a total of 98 applications from seven countries.
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Why institutional investors are turning to data centres
The data centre industry is experiencing explosive demand growth driven by expanding use of technology and structural shifts in how data is consumed.
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KGAL ESPF 5 acquires wind farm in south-west Germany
Leading independent investment and asset manager KGAL is pleased to announce that its renewable energy fund KGAL ESPF 5 has successfully bid for three wind turbines from BayWa r.e. The wind farm, located in Reichenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, has a total capacity of 18.6 megawatts (MW) and is nearing completion. KGAL is planning further acquisitions in Germany and the Czech Republic for its impact fund, which will have its final close in October 2024.
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Potential Regulatory Risks and Opportunities for Energy Infrastructure Following the 2024 U.S. Federal Elections
The US is at a crossroads ahead of one of the closest contested presidential elections in years. This election has repercussions for every sector of the world’s largest economy and could create significant change depending on whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris are elected to the White House. Potential impact to the energy infrastructure sector has come into focus during the presidential campaign after historic levels of investment under the Biden administration.