Institutional Investing in Infrastructure

February 1, 2022: Vol. 15, Number 2

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Infrastructure

Global listed infrastructure: Essential news and notes

The GLIO Index finished 2021 up 14.9 percent. The majority of sectors advanced in USD terms in 2021. Utilities (9.9 percent), electric (11.2 percent), gas (4.9 percent) and water utilities (22.2 percent) all finished the year ahead. Renewables fell 27.8 percent in 2021 after a stellar year (88.7 percent) in 2020.

Infrastructure

Blinkered ESG drive risks isolating green enablers (Part two): Climate goals could be pushed back if strict ESG criteria starve change-enablers of capital

Every year, Energy Intelligence (EI) publishes its green utilities report. It estimates that the top-100 companies in the ranking represent just under half of the world’s power capacity. The latest report states that wind, solar and hydropower accounted for 70 percent — or 56 gigawatts — of new capacity added by the world’s top green utilities and IPPs.

Infrastructure

U.K. pensions turn towards vehicles with a social benefit: U.K. pension schemes are increasingly turning to investment into sectors that have the ability to improve society in general

A new report published by real assets specialist Alpha Real Capital has found that over the next two years, 58 percent of U.K. pension schemes — which collectively manage some £143.6 billion (€171.7 billion) of assets — believe their counterparts will increase their allocation to real estate investment vehicles offering a social benefit.

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