In Focus: Chase McWhorter reflects on 2019 infrastructure, shares forecasts for 2020 Chase McWhorter, managing director of IREI's Institutional Investing in Infrastructure, sums up major themes that emerged in the infrastructure market in 2019 and shares his predictions for 2020. (01/2020)
In Focus: Brian Zrimsek on millenials moving into management Brian Zrimsek, industry principal at MRI Software, discusses the characteristics of Millenials, the approach Millenials take toward management, Millenials use of tech in the workplace and more. (01/2020)
In Focus: Jeff Kanne on data centers Jeff Kanne, president and CEO at National Real Estate Advisors, discusses how tenants choose the locations of their data centers operations, why investors should invest in an operating company rather than a stand-alone property and more. (01/2020)
Infrastructure Report: Looking back at 2019 and ahead to 2020 Chase McWhorter, managing director of Institutional Investing in Infrastructure, is back with a retrospective on the year past and view toward what to expect in the New Year. (01/2020)
In Focus: Jim Pass on sustainable infrastructure investing Jim Pass, senior managing director of Guggenheim Partners, discusses how ESG considerations are driving sustainable infrastructure investing. (12/2019)
In Focus: Jamie Storrow on specialized fund managers Jamie Storrow, managing director and co-head of infrastructure at Northleaf Capital Partners, discusses how specialized fund managers can gain traction in the market, what investors want from specialized fund managers and what challenges specialized fund managers come up against when raising capital. (11/2019)
In Focus: Armin Sandhoevel on labor unions Armin Sandhoevel, chief investment officer, infrastructure equity at Allianz Global Investors, discusses the effects of the energy infrastructure boom on labor unions and why asset managers see them as an attractive investment partner. (11/2019)
In Focus: Matt Eastwick on renewable energy Matt Eastwick, CIO at CleanCapital, discusses renewable energy and specifically focuses on distributed solar and why it is an attractive opportunity for institutional investors. (11/2019)
Infrastructure Report: Why has everybody stopped talking about biofuels? Biofuels used to be a major talking point in conversations about renewables, but they seem to have disappeared from the scene as solar and wind power have escalated as clean energy sources. Why the silence about biofuels? Do they still have a future? Are there technological breakthroughs in the offing? Do investment opportunities exist? To learn more, we asked biofuel and biomass expert Naoko Ellis, professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of British Columbia, to join us.…
Infrastructure Report: Microsoft spearheading high-speed rail plan for Northwest The US High Speed Rail Association is collaborating with Microsoft to produce the Cascadia Rail Summit at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Wash., to investigate the prospects of a so-called Cascadia Innovation Corridor rail system running from Vancouver, B.C., to Portland, Ore., with an eye toward creating a rival to Silicon Valley. A study completed in July 2019 by the Washington State Department of Transportation estimates that a state-of-the-art high-speed rail system would generate $355 billion in economic development for the…