All Infrastructure articles – Page 17
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VideoTime to scale up?
Institutional Investor fireside chat series with Mark Saunders on energy storage
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Asset Manager NewsGLP Announces $5 Billion Recapitalisation to Establish China’s Largest-Ever Private Logistics Real Estate Income Fund
GLP CIP V is GLP’s first China offshore USD-denominated income fund; Portfolio comprises 54 prime, institutional-grade modern logistics assets totalling 5+ million sqm of GFA
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White papersWhat comes after globalisation?
The end of the Cold War acted like a catalyst for the liberal international economic order and free world trade. Cash and commodities moved across the globe at will. Location patterns were reshuffled. Asian countries, especially China, beckoned with a seemingly inexhaustible supply of cheap labour. With their labour market largely unregulated, they became the world’s extended workbench.
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White papersThe road ahead for transportation infrastructure
Transport infrastructure experienced an unprecedented decline during the Covid-19 pandemic. As the world emerges from a series of lockdowns, traffic on toll roads returns more quickly than rail or air travel. Overall volume-sensitive transport continues to re-gain ground from the cyclical rebound. Investors seem to have turned the corner and see the impact on the sector as transitory rather than permanent. But what are the long-term structural trends behind the revival in investment deal flow and some of the biggest buyouts in transport infrastructure?
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White papersA complementary allocation in an institutional investor’s portfolio
Since its emergence as an asset class in the 1990s, infrastructure has increasingly been featured as a distinct allocation within institutional investment portfolios.
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White papers400G Networking: Empowering Data Centers
As data consumption rises, so does the need for hyperscale data centers. What opportunities could this bring?
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BlogEDITORIAL | Smartening up cities
Cities are people magnets! And – given ongoing urbanisation – evidence shows their power to attract is ever increasing. Some 56% of the worldʼs 7.9 billion people already live in cities, and the number of urban dwellers will swell dramatically in the coming decades.
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White papersThe Space Economy Achieves Lift-Off
Space-based industry is much more down-to-earth than you might think—and every day it touches more and more of our lives
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White papersConflict Brings a New Challenge to Global Food Security
February 24 marked the beginning of one of the largest military conflicts to break out in Europe since World War II, as Russian military forces invaded Ukraine. The unprovoked and devastating attack ratcheted up geopolitical tensions and triggered a massive humanitarian crisis.
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Asset Manager NewsIFM GIF has increased its stake in Flughafen Wien Aktiengesellschaft
Airports Group Europe S.à r.l. (“Airports Group Europe”), an indirect subsidiary of IFM Global Infrastructure Fund (“IFM GIF”), has acquired additional shares in Vienna Airport (Flughafen Wien Aktiengesellschaft) through on-market share purchases.
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White papersDisruptive technology – Maintaining course in volatile markets
The high-tech sector has seen a dramatic correction and high market volatility in recent months. We believe it is now appropriate to review the outlook for disruptive tech thematic investing. We are confident in the long-term outlook for this secular growth theme as we see many opportunities to invest in companies that are leading – and benefiting from – digital transformation.
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White papersInvesting in Infrastructure
The world faces a $15 trillion infrastructure financing gap by 2040, and cash-strapped governments are increasingly calling on private capital to achieve their digitalization, decarbonization, supply-chain enhancement and social-infrastructure goals.
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White papersThe role of infrastructure investment in climate risk management
The change from the emission intensive economy of today to a net zero economy won’t happen overnight, and it won’t happen by accident. For investors, an active and considered approach to portfolio and asset management will likely be required.
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White papersSmart Infrastructure: When sensors come of age
If the visions of the smart city prophets are to be realised – of long-term gains in productivity and efficiency, supply-side miracles and smooth and seamless functioning urban environments – it will depend on intelligent infrastructure. Graham Matthews, Head of Infrastructure at PATRIZIA, who has more than 24 years of experience in the sector, discusses the potential of the technology.
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White papersThe digital dilemma
The powerful internet communications and technology (ICT) sector has had significant transformative effects on other sectors and people’s daily lives. But in addition to the positive impacts, such as increasing access to information and services, this has led to unexpected harms and new challenges.
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White papers5G Digitalization: Bringing the Back Office Forward
5G digitalization technology is streamlining small and mid-sized businesses’ (SMB) back office processes. What opportunities could this bring?
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White papersThe Widening Appeal of Private Placements & Infrastructure Debt
Illiquid asset classes like private placements and infrastructure debt can offer investors incremental risk-adjusted returns, as well as a number of other compelling competitive advantages.
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Asset Manager NewsBentallGreenOak Earns 2022 Energy Star® Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award for 12th Consecutive Year
BentallGreenOak is proud to announce that it has received the 2022 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. This year marks the 12th consecutive year BentallGreenOak has been recognized for responsible investing. “Partner of the Year” is the highest level of EPA recognition, demonstrating the company’s long-term commitment to fighting climate change through energy efficiency.
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White papersAn Investor’s Guide to Evolving Supply Chains
Many companies are rethinking supply chains amid disruptions from the war in Ukraine and the pandemic. Equity investors must decipher which companies can adapt their processes to compete in a less globalized world.
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White papersEurope: a hot spot in the fast-moving world of data centres
When it comes to data centres, the speed of evolution of the market might be best demonstrated by considering the incredible increase in data used in our everyday lives. Today, more data is created in an hour than was produced in an entire year two decades ago. By 2025, the sum of generated data will eclipse 175 Zettabytes (ZB), up from only 18ZB in 2015.
