We live in a world where technology is changing more rapidly than we can consume it. Some of the technologies being presented to us are straight out of a science fiction movie. And these technologies affect the world in which we live in more ways than we might think. Technologies such as driverless cars, drones and sensors are revolutionizing the infrastructure industry. Or they will be soon.

It is sometimes hard to believe Institutional Investing in Infrastructure is approaching its 10th year in publication. IREI launched i3 in 2008, first as a quarterly print publication and supplement for the i3 conference, and then as a monthly digital publication as the financial crisis hit and resources were pinched. With our November issue, we return to printing i3 on a quarterly basis to help supplement our digital version and as a first step toward seeing through our original objective when we first set out — to be a monthly print “magaletter,” part newsletter and part magazine. 

Amidst a challenging economic backdrop, institutional investors are navigating a prolonged low interest rate environment in their search for yield. A growing subset of insurance companies are turning to listed infrastructure as an attractive asset class for two key reasons.