Investors Equinor and partners collaborate on Germany’s first large-scale offshore hydrogen park Equinor and its partners RWE, Shell and Gasunie are planning to ramp up their collaboration…
Investors U.K. pension funds offer collective commitment to net-zero emissions Representatives of 14 pension funds, with a collective £267.9 billion ($368 billion) of assets under…
Transactions $346m highway concession awarded in Brazil Consórcio Via Brasil 163 — a consortium consisting of Conasa Infraestrutura, Zeta Infraestrutura, Construtora Rocha…
From the Current Issue Infrastructure 101: A guide to white papers and reports focused on infrastructure investing by Drew Campbell Infrastructure has always supported America’s economic competitiveness. Canals, railroads, and telegraph lines opened the country’s hinterland to global trade partners, brought money back to our shores, and attracted immigrants to chase their own opportunities. The engineering around paved roads, mass transit, telephone lines, managed water and electricity systems allowed our cities and towns to flourish as new types of housing, factories and offices grew around these physical systems. From rural farms to busy urban neighborhoods, infrastructure is our economic foundation.
From the Current Issue Alternative investment allocators likely to increase allocations to less liquid strategies by Andrea Zander Those firms who allocate alternative investment dollars for large investors are showing no signs of skittishness, according to the Alternative Investment Allocator Survey conducted by leading law firm Seward & Kissel.
Investors EIB backs energy transition, transport initiatives The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved €10.2 billion ($12 billion) of new financing to…
Transactions Bharti Airtel to develop 5G, digital infra in India India communications solutions provider Bharti Airtel has partnered with Intel for 5G network development in…
Transactions AIIB partners with Global Infrastructure Facility The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has become a technical partner of the Global Infrastructure…
From the Current Issue Global listed infrastructure report: Essential news and notes by Fraser Hughes The GLIO Index of infrastructure companies advanced for the second consecutive month (3.5 percent) in April. Year-to-date (April 30) the GLIO Index is 7.5 percent. Electric (3.5 percent) and water utilities (4.9 percent), energy transportation (5.5 percent), toll-roads (7.2 percent) and telecom infrastructure (7.8 percent) all posted good numbers in April. Railroads also pushed forward (0.9 percent) in a month when Canadian National (CN) offered $33.7 billion for Kansas City Southern.
From the Current Issue Bond-like characteristics? A quarter of rising interest rates highlights the role of duration in infrastructure investments by Abhishek Gupta After a year that tested the resilience of infrastructure investments and their sensitivity to lower dividends in the transport sector because of COVID-19 lockdowns and a higher equity risk premium across all sectors, first quarter 2021 is a reminder of the role of interest rate risk in long-term investments that have “bond-like” characteristics.