October 2016 Issue
Follow the money
With unlisted infrastructure managers increasingly targeting listed investments, Jeremy Anagnos, CIO, infrastructure for CBRE Clarion Securities highlights the benefits of the asset class
A winning strategy
Having implemented strategies for the likes of JPMorgan and CPPIB, and advised Brookfield and Macquarie, Mark Weisdorf talks about his latest and most personal venture
The big shift
InfraVia Capital Partners’ investment in NGD, Europe’s largest data centre, is a key example of the infrastructure opportunity offered by digitalisation, says Bruno Candès, a partner at the firm
A peek inside LPs’ minds
We polled 90 limited partners on what they intend to do with their infrastructure programmes next year
Making the uninvestable investable
The Asian Development Bank takes a page out of the European Investment Bank’s project bonds book to boost regional infrastructure financing. Nia Tam reports
St Helena airport? It blows
Compensation battle looms after severe winds disrupt airport opening
Too much of a good thing?
A new study by Oxford University suggests China’s infrastructure investments might actually ‘threaten the Chinese and the global economy’
Typo of the year
We speak to Brookfield’s Justin… Bieber?!
A mega pipeline
As oil majors feel the heat from lower energy prices, they’re selling off their midstream jewels. A one-off opportunity or a promising trend?
Learning from failure
Recent failed restructurings have not been in vain: secondaries is an evolving industry and it is learning from its early missteps
Why did AllianceBernstein scrap its infra debt team?
While BlackRock and Macquarie have seen their commitment to the sector pay off, AB chose to double down on real estate. We take a look at what that means – or doesn’t mean – for infra debt
‘Green striping’ to fuel China’s green economy?
Paul Davies and Aaron Franklin, from Latham & Watkins, argue that Chinese issuers could attract more international investors if they made sure a portion of domestic bonds conform with international green bond standards
Much ado about nothing?
Global investors have had their eyes on the innovative structure used to fund London’s £4.2bn ‘super-sewer’. But with Thames Tideway Tunnel now in the sights of the UK’s spending watchdog, Matthieu Favas investigates whether investors should be worried
Plugging into the Middle East
Wissam Anastas, of Deutsche Alternative Asset Management Global, uses Jordan and Egypt as case studies to highlight the opportunities and challenges of the MENA energy sector
Beating Expectations
At $14bn, Brookfield’s third fund broke an industry record for size. Infrastructure head Sam Pollock, renewable energy CEO Sachin Shah and managing partner Justin Beber tell Joel Kranc how Brookfield built up to this point and what’s next
Spotlight – Pantheon
Andrea Echberg talks about Pantheon's latest fund, Brexit, and the explosive growth of infrastructure secondaries.
The biomass deal that refused to burn away
With a landmark UK biomass project struggling to get off the ground, Macquarie Capital stepped in to clinch an innovative financial close, reports Zak Bentley