In New York City, IREI hosted a roundtable meeting with a cross section of the institutional infrastructure investment market, including U.S. and global pensions, funds of funds, placement agents, infrastructure investment managers and consultants. The organizations present were New York State Common Fund, First State Investments, Partners Group, National Pension Service of Korea, StepStone Group, Upper Bay Infrastructure, IFM Investors, New Jersey Treasury Office and Campbell Lutyens.
The purpose of the meeting was to give participants and i3 readers a glimpse into the current state of the market. The discussions included the market for energy infrastructure investment, how interest rate policy is affecting infrastructure investing, and how investors can work with U.S. state and municipal governments to partner on infrastructure projects. Below are several of the highlights:
U.S. investors have been a laggard in private infrastructure investing. But the financia
