Videos & Podcasts

Investing in and operating mission-critical government facilities

FEMA and DEA facilities, VA hospitals and TSA buildings, and top-secret national security edifices. Those are among the privately owned and operated facilities built, owned, operated and leased to the federal government by Easterly Government Properties, a publicly traded REIT that has leased more than 9 million square feet to 40 federal agencies. Darrell Crate, the REIT’s co-founder, is our guest. (06/2024)

Blockchain making its move to become the world’s new financial infrastructure

Where is blockchain today? Where will it be in the years to come? What is the value proposition for investors? Matthew Le Merle — managing partner and CEO of Blockchain Coinvestors, which has made commitments to more than 1,000 blockchain companies and projects — updates us on a technology that promises to make the financial system faster, less expensive, more agile, and less prone to criminality. (05/2024)

Inside the Edition: Connecting the dots on fiber-to-the-home

Kali Persall, editor of Institutional Investing in Infrastructure, discusses how infrastructure experts are navigating fiber-optic overbuilding concerns while finding pockets of opportunity. (05/2024)

Vision Ridge Partners' Reuben Munger on the outlook for EV fleets

Reuben Munger, founder and managing partner at Vision Ridge, sits down with i3 editor Kali Persall to discuss what's attracting institutional investors to the EV fleet market, the impact of the IRA on investment activity, the role of private sector partnerships and more. (05/2024)

Inside the Edition: Investing in infrastructure debt and the airports of the future

Kali Persall, editor of Institutional Investing in Infrastructure, highlights the two primary features  in the April 2024 edition of the magazine. (3/2024)

Spearmint Energy's Andrew Waranch on battery energy storage development in the U.S.

Andrew Waranch, founder, president and CEO of Spearmint Energy, sits down with Kali Persall, editor of Institutional Investing in Infrastructure (i3), to discuss how the IRA has impacted battery energy storage project development; what factors are affecting BESS developers’ ability to access tax credits; how the upcoming presidential election might impact the regulatory and tax landscape; and more. (03/2024)

Barings' Orhan Sarayli on the case for investing in infrastructure debt in 2024

Orhan Sarayli, head of North America for Barings’ Global Infrastructure Group, sits down with Kali Persall, editor of Institutional Investing in Infrastructure (i3), to discuss key trends shaping infrastructure debt investing, investor appetite for infrastructure debt and what investors should look for in an infrastructure manager. (03/2024)  

Inside the Edition: Infrastructure as the next frontier for diversification of private wealth

Kali Persall, editor of Institutional Investing in Infrastructure, highlights the lead feature in the upcoming March 2024 edition of the magazine. (2/2024)

Igneo Infrastructure Partners’ Michael Ryder and John Ma on unlisted infrastructure and the energy transition

In a joint interview, Michael Ryder and John Ma, partners and co-heads of North America at Igneo Infrastructure Partners, discuss the outlook for the unlisted infrastructure segment and current opportunities within the energy transition. (02/2024) The partners touch on: 00:20 — How the outlook for unlisted infrastructure compares with 2023 02:05 — Implications for unlisted infrastructure in the current environment 03:40 — Most attractive opportunities and greatest challenges 05:06 —Promising areas of the energy transition 07:12 — How Igneo’s portfolio…

Industry voices: What investors should understand about the infrastructure asset class

Janice Ince at Pantheon Ventures; Serkan Bahçeci at Arjun Infrastructure Partners; Jack Macfarlane at H.I.G. Capital; John Anderson at Manulife; and Christian Schmid at Slate Asset Management share how they define infrastructure and discuss what trends and growth in the asset class mean for investors. (01/2024) Video participants were interviewed at the VIP Infrastructure conference in June 2023.