Investors COVID-19 exposes opportunities and risks in communications infrastructure The communication infrastructure sector has rooted itself in the investment universe over the past several…
Investors Apex signs PPA with Facebook for Lincoln Land Wind project in Illinois Apex Clean Energy has signed a power-purchase agreement (PPA) to supply 170 megawatts of renewable…
Investors Genex Power announces 50-MW big battery storage project in Queensland Genex Power, an Australian power generation development company, said this week it is planning to…
From the Current Issue Vital viewpoints: Insights and perspective from the i3 Virtual Roundtables by Chase McWhorter In light of today’s charged atmosphere, with opinion and dialogue increasingly being less about a search for truth and more about categorizing people, I have decided to defer to 2021 before putting personal views in writing. In the interim, the market perspective segment is going to be a compilation of the key takeaways from our i3 Virtual Roundtable series. For those unfamiliar, since April we have been hosting weekly video meetings with eight to 12 investors, consultants and our publication sponsors to stay connected and discuss the markets.
From the Current Issue Three leaders discuss integration of ESG principles by Drew Campbell Institutional Investing in Infrastructure senior editor Drew Campbell discussed the state of ESG policy in infrastructure investing with three leaders in the market — Viola Joncic, head of sustainability with Commerz Real; Shuen Chan, head of ESG, LGIM Real Assets; and Chris Newton, executive director of responsible investment with IFM Investors. The following is an excerpt of their conversation.
Resource Center In Focus: Justin Bradburn on challenges and opportunities in the current aviation market
Transactions RWE Renewables and Direct Energy Business strike Canadian solar agreement RWE Renewables, the newest subsidiary of RWE Group, and Direct Energy Business, part of Direct…
Investors EIB finances 40 climate, social infrastructure projects in Barcelona In response to Barcelona declaring a climate emergency in January, the European Investment Bank (EIB)…
Investors Switch and Capital Dynamics break ground on solar, battery storage projects in Nevada Switch and Capital Dynamics have announced three groundbreakings in Nevada, which, along with an earlier…
From the Current Issue Opportunity for a stronger approach to delivering infrastructure by Derron Bain As the world, and in particular for the purpose of this article, Canada and the United States, faces unprecedented economic shock, investment in public infrastructure will play a critical component in a stimulus and recovery program. Fighting the COVID-19 virus and meeting the economic demand for fiscal and liquidity measures goes well beyond the experience of the 2008 financial crisis and is likely more similar to the impact of World War II on the world economy.
From the Current Issue The infrastructure benchmark report: Infrastructure performance through the COVID-19 crisis by Abhishek Gupta The second quarter 2020 release of the EDHECinfra indices marks a new quarter of negative returns for the unlisted infrastructure asset class. The infra300 index* is down –1.5 percent on the quarter ending June 30, 2020. This index measures the average mark-to-market performance of 300 unlisted infrastructure equity investments that make a representative sample by sector, corporate structure and business model of the investible universe in 22 countries.