All Infrastructure articles – Page 24
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White papersFibre broadband: The need for speed
Lockdown measures imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the importance of digital connectivity. Tim Perry looks at the investment opportunities and challenges associated with European economies transitioning from copper to faster fibre broadband networks.
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White papersTop 10 with… Interview with Roland Hantke on Multi-Managers Infrastructure
Infrastructure is undergoing a seismic shift. Several years ago infrastructure funds would raise around USD 30-40 billion per year. Today this number is at the USD 100 billion3 mark and growing. Roland Hantke, Head Multi- Managers Infrastructure (MM INFRA) explains to us how infrastructure has evolved as an asset class and how MM INFRA is well positioned to cater for increasingly specialized client requirements.
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White papersBuild, build, build: the road to recovery and returns?
Infrastructure is in the spotlight as governments look to repair their economies after Covid-19. We look at how infrastructure equity works and where we see the best opportunities.
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White papersThe Impact Of The Covid-19 Crisis On European Logistics: Some Thoughts
When we discuss about changes, dynamics and expectations in the logistics sector, in parallel we talk about the evolution of the supply chain. It is now well-known that the coronavirus outbreak has upset supply chains around the world. Interestingly enough, this is not the first time that an unexpected event has had a disruptive effect on the European supply chain. For example, the French lorry drivers’ strikes in November 1997 was the fourth of such industrial actions seen in France in 13 years.
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White papersTalking Points – Infrastructure debt in a COVID-19 world, June 2020
When will infrastructure companies be able to get back to “normal”?
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Asset Manager NewsKGAL secures €100 million in infrastructure refinancing to enhance long-term return potential
Favourable market conditions create opportunities to optimise financing for 16 wind farms
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White papersHow to build back better, greener and faster: A 10-point plan for UK infrastructure
Boris Johnson has called for an ‘infrastructure revolution’ to help lift the UK economy out of its coronavirus-induced malaise. Private capital could and should play a large role alongside the public purse in delivering on that ambition, as Darryl Murphy sets out in a blueprint for the industry.
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White papersCommercial Aviation Market Improving, Recovery Time is Uncertain
While the length and depth of this crisis remain uncertain, industry insiders are confident in aviation’s resiliency and ability to recover.
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White papersMaturing renewable energy markets offer an incremental opportunity set
Historically, the typical risk profile of renewable energy investments has been determined to a high degree of regulation, intended to eliminate price risk through fixed feed-in tariff systems and volume risk through embedded priority to dispatch mechanisms. Together with the subsidy-like character of tariffs, this has been a major driver in the tremendous development of the European renewable energy investment market over the last 20 years. It moved renewable energy investments away from its niche presence within the infrastructure space and into the focus of the broader investment community as a stand-alone asset allocation.
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White papersThe EU Green Deal: shaping infrastructure impact investing
Generali Global Infrastructure (GGI) Managing Partner Gilles Lengaigne and Senior Advisor Stéphane Voisin, discuss how the EU Green Deal is consolidating GGI’s impact investment strategy and, more broadly, the historic opportunity for infrastructure investors to engage in outcome-based investment approaches.
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White papersInfrastructure in a post-COVID world – June 2020
COVID-19 and the end of infrastructure as we know it?
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White papersCOVID-19 and data infrastructure: Will demand translate into profit?
During the initial outbreak of COVID-19, we published a report on the underlying long-term trends supporting data infrastructure. Since then, much about the world as we knew it has changed. Laurence Monnier assesses how many of the trends we identified remain intact and whether the surge in demand for data services and infrastructure will translate into investment opportunities.
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Asset Manager NewsKGAL enters the Polish renewables market with a photovoltaics joint venture and the purchase of two wind farms
Leading independent investment and asset manager KGAL continues its systematic expansion in the renewable energy sector by investing in the growth market of Poland for the first time. A joint venture relating to the implementation of photovoltaics projects was established with a local partner in November 2019; while two wind farms have been successfully purchased, expanding KGAL’s presence in the onshore wind sector.
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White papersThe bright lights emerging in European infrastructure
We expect infrastructure investment to be a key tool in restarting European economies after Covid-19, especially as the under-investment in some key areas is clear.
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White papersPerspective: Renewable Energies
Greta Thunberg, #FridaysForFuture and climate protection currently receive much attention. Greta is cheered on, we point an accusing finger at others, and yet people still buy strawberries in winter. In the current debate on climate protection, two different yardsticks are used. We criticise other people’s behaviour, but have a blinkered view of our own behaviour, seeing only what we want to see.
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White papersCOVID-19: Is there still a premium for illiquidity?
One of the immediate consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic has been a marked reduction in investors’ risk appetite. But will their appetite for the illiquidity premium in private markets also disappear? Laurence Monnier explores.
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White papersA letter from Asia
As the initial epicentre of the coronavirus, many lessons can be learnt from China: For example, the importance a swift government response (resting on lessons learnt during the SARS outbreak in 2002-2003) with total or partial lockdowns across many cities alongside other mobility restrictions and intensified health screening.
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White papersWhich U.S. cities will best weather the pandemic?
As volatility climbs across all global financial markets amid the coronavirus pandemic, investors are wondering where to turn to find opportunities. Real estate is no exception.
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White papersCOVID-19 and beyond: Three predictions for transport infrastructure
Constant reminders that COVID-19 ‘does not discriminate’ seem in stark contrast to the social and economic consequences playing out in front of us. Some sectors are clearly being hit harder than others – perhaps none more so than transport. Laurence Monnier looks at the long-term implications for the industry and its supporting infrastructure.
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Asset Manager NewsGenerali Global Infrastructure Q2 newsletter
This quarter, we asked Jacques Delpla, a well-known French economist, to share his views about the current crisis. Jacques Delpla’s views are not put forward as recommendations, recognising that other views exist but the analysis clearly shows the severity of the shock and the potential implications in terms of contraction of GDP and increase in public deficits.
