Tacoma votes to commit up to $30m to infrastructure by Reg Clodfelter | May 20, 2014 The board of the $1.4 billion Tacoma (Wash.) Employees Retirement System has approved a commitment of up to $30 million to Pantheon Global Infrastructure Fund II, managed by Pantheon Ventures.
Ohio School Employees commits $250m to infrastructure and real estate by Reg Clodfelter | May 9, 2014 The $12.26 billion School Employees Retirement System of Ohio has committed $200 million to IFM Global Infrastructure Fund, managed by IFM Investors, and $50 million to Lion Industrial Trust, managed by Clarion Partners.
FLAG Capital has $200m final close on infrastructure fund of funds by Reg Clodfelter | Apr 30, 2014 FLAG Capital Management has had a $200 million final close on FLAG Energy & Resources Partners III, an infrastructure fund of funds, according to a filing with the SEC.
U.S. state governments may need to bridge infrastructure gap by Drew Campbell | Apr 24, 2014 Moody's Investors Service notes that the United States' sizable ongoing infrastructure needs, coupled with stagnant federal and state gas tax revenues, threaten to put negative pressure on future state government budgets or trigger increased borrowing.
Mexican reforms attract private infrastructure investors by Drew Campbell | Apr 24, 2014 Recent reforms in Mexico should invite more private investment into the country's energy and infrastructure markets, according to the report Spotlight on Reforms in Mexico by international law firm White & Case.
Argentinean utilities and infrastructure downgraded by Drew Campbell | Apr 23, 2014 The credit ratings of Argentina's government and several infrastructure and utilities companies have been downgraded by Moody's Latin America Agente de Calificaci
Infrastructure 2014 report: survey finds public and private views align by Reg Clodfelter | Apr 22, 2014 Although they don't always see eye to eye, the opinions of public-sector leaders and private-sector developers, investors and advisers are quite aligned on many of the important issues facing the world of infrastructure development.
China to accelerate railway investment by Drew Campbell | Apr 22, 2014 In the first week of April, the State Council of China announced it is accelerating railway investments in the country's central and western regions and has set up a railway development fund to expand funding sources, according to a report by Moody
Infrastructure project default rates increase by Drew Campbell | Apr 21, 2014 Moody's Investors Service reports default rates for infrastructure projects have risen but "remain better than average for project finance bank loans generally," according to its annual study, Default and Recovery Rates for Project Finance Bank Loans, 1983.
MainePERS commits $225m to infrastructure and real estate by Andrea Waitrovich | Apr 14, 2014 The $12.3 billion Maine Public Employees' Retirement System has approved $225 million in commitments to real estate and infrastructure so far this year.