Ohio SERS reports positive return on global real assets portfolio by Kali Persall | Feb 24, 2023 The School Employees Retirement System (SERS) of Ohio has reported a 16.91 percent return on its global real assets portfolio for calendar year 2022, driven by strong real estate markets. The portfolio also exceeded the policy benchmark for the three-, five-, and 10-year periods.
CBRE: Data centers were hot in 2022 — will it continue? by Andrea Zander | Feb 24, 2023 2022 was another record year for the data center sector, as hyperscalers and enterprise users added capacity to keep up with the global economy's digital transformation, prompting more investment and development in the sector, according to CBRE.
ING: Infrastructure will replace real estate as a driver of China’s economic recovery by Andrea Zander | Feb 24, 2023 A recovery in China's economy this year looks certain, but the nature and speed of that recovery remain in doubt, according to ING. After a slow start, the economy could pick up in the summer, but there is a risk that the economy will start to overheat by year-end.
CDPQ posts negative returns, outperforms benchmark amid market volatility by Kali Persall | Feb 24, 2023 Faced with the worst market in 50 years, Canadian institutional investor CDPQ has posted a return of –5.6 percent for the year ending Dec. 31, 2022. Despite the negative return, CDPQ outperformed its benchmark.
Pantheon expands real estate strategy with investment in healthcare platform by Andrea Zander | Feb 23, 2023 Pantheon has formed a strategic real estate platform with Elliott Bay Capital Trust, a privately held healthcare-focused real estate company.
Gaw Capital Partners and A3 Capital form JV data center platform by Released | Feb 23, 2023 Gaw Capital Partners has formed a joint venture platform with A3 Capital to invest into greenfield and underperforming data center assets across key markets in Southeast Asia.
DIF Capital Partners acquires largest U.K. colocation portfolio of solar and battery storage by Kali Persall | Feb 23, 2023 DIF Capital Partners, together with ib vogt, has acquired a 100 percent interest in what is understood to be the largest colocation portfolio of solar and battery storage in the United Kingdom. The seller was Enso Green Holdings Ltd. (EGHL), a joint venture between Cero Generation and Enso Energy.
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners takes ownership stake in blue ammonia project by Kali Persall | Feb 23, 2023 Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has acquired a majority stake in a blue ammonia project located along the Gulf Coast, which will be developed alongside U.S.-based Sustainable Fuels Group (SFG). Financial terms of the transaction are not disclosed.
Ridgewood Infrastructure signs water treatment P3 with IDE Technologies by Kali Persall | Feb 23, 2023 Ridgewood Infrastructure and IDE Technologies, a company specializing in advanced water treatment, have closed a public-private partnership with the City of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to design, build and operate a new 50 million-gallon-per-day water treatment plant.
Investments in renewables reached record high, but need massive increase and more equitable distribution by Andrea Zander | Feb 23, 2023 The report Global Landscape of Renewable Energy Finance 2023 reveals that global investment in energy transition technologies last year—including energy efficiency—reached $1.3 trillion. It set a new record high, up 19 percent from 2021 investment levels, and 50 percent from before the pandemic in 2019.