More than half of the global population already lives in urban areas, but what we want from a modern city has changed vastly in just a few decades.

Real assets — such as real estate; infrastructure; and other hard, inflation-sensitive investments — are neither liquid nor easily marketable.

For investors, the energy transition presents not only a thematic play but a tangible, diversified opportunity set spanning the risk-return spectrum.

What are the views of global investors on North American energy and infrastructure since President Donald Trump’s budget bill (the One Big Beautiful Bill Act) was signed into law in 2025?

The United Kingdom’s National Wealth Fund has published a new strategic plan with the goal of driving more than £100 billion ($137 billion) into the companies, infrastructure and supply chains that will enable growth in the U.K. economy throughout the next five years.

On Jan. 26, leaders and energy ministers convened at the North Sea Summit in Hamburg, Germany, with the goal of strengthening cooperation to support the offshore energy sector.

According to Institutional Real Estate, Inc.’s infrastructure database, 15 infrastructure funds reached a final closing with an aggregate total of $72.8 billion in fourth quarter 2025, bringing the total for the year to a record-breaking, record-shattering $217.2 billion. 

Wastewater infrastructure is nondiscretionary, long-lived and supported by resilient demand.

According to Schroders, energy transition infrastructure provides differentiated exposure to rapidly evolving subsectors with attractive competitive dynamics and is remarkably uncorrelated to traditional infrastructure portfolios.