Videos & Podcasts

In Focus: Brent Burnett on private investments

Brent Burnett, managing director at Real Asset Portfolio Management, discusses private investments in public energy infrastructure companies as it speaks to the disconnect today in energy infrastructure asset valuations. (07/2016)

Infrastructure Report: Building information modeling

Building information modeling, or BIM, is sharply reducing the design time, construction costs and budget overruns on infrastructure projects — as well as construction projects in general. It also brings a higher degree of precision to design and construction. Future iterations of BIM will bring even more benefits to civil engineering and construction. For more on this topic we turn to Terry Bennett, the senior industry strategist for civil infrastructure at Autodesk. (07/2016)

In Focus: Danny Latham on the conditions in European infrastructure markets

Danny Latham, co-head of infrastructure investments – Europe at First State Investments, discusses European infrastructure markets. (07/2016)

In Focus: Matthew McPhee on secondary infrastructure

Matthew McPhee, director of infrastructure at Stafford Capital Partners, disccusess secondary infrastructure and why investors use it rather than primary funds or direct investments, as well as how big the market is and how it's growing. (06/2016)

In Focus: Francois Quinty on VIA Rail Canada

François Quinty, director of investment management at VIA Rail Canada, discusses VIA Rail Canada as well as utilizing public-private partnerships and tapping into institutional capital to help finance infrastructure projects. (06/2016)

In Focus: James Cowan on fundraising trends

James Cowan, head, investor solutions group, Americas at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, discusses fundraising trends, as far as capital flows, products and regions, as well as how the current trends compare to 12 to 24 months ago. (06/2016)

Shop Talk: Is water the new oil?

Seth Siegel, author of the bestselling book "Let There Be Water," sees water as both a business opportunity and a looming geopolitical crisis that will result in failed foreign governments and renewed rounds of refugee crises. He joins us to discuss how Israel turned itself into a water superpower and why the United States and other nations are failing to master the production and conservation of a chemical compound that is essential to life on earth. (06/2016)

Shop Talk: The commercialization of water technologies

We are joined by Melinda Kruyer, executive director of Confluence, a Cincinnati-based non-profit organization that runs a water technology innovation effort in the Ohio River Valley. The consortium includes federal water laboratories, research universities, water-related business, water utilities and regional development agencies, among other organizations. Confluence brings together 6,000 researchers and nearly $4 billion in annual research spending. (05/2016)

Author Spotlight: Peter Frankopan on China's new silks roads

Heads up infrastructure investors and those involved in thematic investment strategies. In his new book, The Silk Roads, historian Peter Frankopan asserts that China is reestablishing a modern-day network of its historic silk roads that connected much of the world and fostered the spread and integration of culture and commerce. This time, though, China is expanding its influence in the form of a trillion dollars in global infrastructure projects in an effort to supply its own vast need for resources…

Infrastructure Report: The Infrastructure Strategies 2016 conference

Investors and experts from around the world will gather in Boston for the 11th annual IREI infrastructure conference in June. High on the agenda are fundraising, investment strategies, technology and the hardening infrastructure systems to withstand increasingly violent storms. Drew Campbell, editor of Institutional Investing in Infrastructure (a sister publication of Real Assets Adviser), provides an update. (03/2016)

Inside the Edition: Los Angeles transportation 2035

The City of Angels is undergoing two major changes to its transportation infrastructure: 1) the Los Angeles City Council–approved Mobility Plan 2035 that would redesign the Los Angeles roadways over the next 20 years. 2) The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Metro Rail system expansion. These changes will alter access patterns across the metroplex and spawn new commercial real estate opportunities. Loretta Clodfelter, editor of Institutional Real Estate Americas, elaborates. (05/2016)

Infrastructure Report: Billion-dollar deals for toll roads

Are the number and fortunes of U.S. toll roads on the rise for private investors? Drew Campbell, editor of Institutional Investing in Infrastructure, joins the program to discuss his recent column on the topic, and a couple of recent multibillion-dollar toll-road deals by private investors. (01/2016)

Shop Talk: Investing in listed infrastructure

We are joined by Todd Briddell, CEO and chief investment officer of CenterSquare Investment Management, an organization that has traditionally dealt with institutional investors such as pension funds, foundations and endowments, but more recently has been moving into the retail space, with fund offerings for high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and family offices. (11/2015)

Infrastructure Report: U.S.-India Infrastructure Roundtable

The big headline from this conference was an announcement by U.S. deputy secretary of commerce Bruce Andrews that the United States will be making infrastructure trade missions to India, creating opportunities for U.S. investors. Michael Likosky, head of infrastructure at 32 Advisors, joins us to report on the conference and its import. (10/2015)

Infrastructure Report: Private investors and the reconstruction of LaGuardia Airport

The Big Apple's three major international airports have been decried for their dilapidated Third World conditions. Finally, a plan is underway to reconstruct LaGuardia Airport to modern standards and capacity. Our guest, Stephen Sigmund is executive director of Global Gateway Alliance, a coalition of leaders in business, government, academia and labor dedicated to addressing the major challenges facing the New York metropolitan region’s airports and related infrastructure. Sigmund joins us to discuss the massive LaGuardia project. (08/2015)