Infrastructure Global listed infrastructure: Essential news and notes The GLIO Index of infrastructure companies fell in November, (–3.8 percent), chipping off some of the strong gains made in October.
Infrastructure What is going on with the U.S. trucker shortage? Challenges facing the logistics industry have been making headlines since the news of COVID-19 reached the United States in early 2020. While many of these crises followed the statewide emergency lockdowns, the severity of existing challenges has also been magnified. The U.S. truck driver shortage is a prime example.
Infrastructure State and local governments are key partners in the newly enacted U.S. infrastructure law After decades of trying, legislators in Washington, D.C., have passed large-scale infrastructure investments, but now that the federal policy is law, it will be largely up to state and local governments to manage how investments will be made.
Infrastructure Infrastructure 101: A guide to white papers and reports focused on infrastructure investing Adapting to a changing climate and reengineering economies to shift to a zero-carbon model requires investment of unprecedented speed and scale. While much of this finance will come from the public sector, private climate finance will also be essential both to delivering the necessary volume of capital and to providing the innovation on which the transition depends.
Infrastructure Blinkered ESG drive risks isolating green enablers (Part one): Climate goals could be pushed back if strict ESG criteria starve change-enablers of capital The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit reports that 124 countries have set a 2050 target for reaching carbon neutrality. So far, only Denmark, France, Hungary, New Zealand, Sweden and the United Kingdom have passed their carbon-neutral targets into law.
Infrastructure Infrastructure week becomes reality: A meaningful federal legislative effort to address the country’s flagging infrastructure is law Finally, Infrastructure Week arrived in the United States. After years of political posturing and market anticipation, a meaningful federal legislative effort to address the country’s flagging infrastructure is law.
Infrastructure It’s a brave new (but still very wacky) world: Pay close attention to what’s happening at the margins For more than 20 years now, we’ve been warning the investment management and consulting communities that the defined benefit (DB) pension cow they’ve been milking has been getting skinnier and skinnier.
Infrastructure The money talks: The i3 Editorial Advisory Board met in California to discuss infrastructure investing The i3 Editorial Advisory Board met in person for the first time since 2019 December 7–9 at the Hyatt Regency in Huntington Beach, Calif. In attendance were 26 board members, including investment managers, institutional investors and consultants from Europe, North America and Australia.
Infrastructure A Conversation with Michael Albrecht of Ridgewood Infrastructure with Drew Campbell Let’s start with a brief overview of what makes middle-market investing a unique strategy. This area of the market is rich in opportunities but relatively underserved. Approximately half of all deals in the United States require $150 million of equity or less, while only 10 percent of capital raised focuses on that size segment.
Infrastructure Fundraising report: Q3/2021 fundraising down from previous quarter Following a significant uptick in the second quarter, private equity infrastructure fundraising activity fell back to a more normal level in Q3/2021, according to the i3 fundraising database. Despite trailing Q2/2021, the third quarter still came in well ahead of Q3/2020.