Allocations

The US endowment's infra allocation is now up to $650m as MIRA’s vehicle nears its $3.25bn target.

This LP profile made almost 950 commitments to various private vehicles last year.

BlackRock's Eric Wu believes Asian investors will become major global players in two to three years' time. Hear more from Manulife Capital, GMR, the Japan Fund for Information and Communication Technology and others in our two-minute video recap from last year's Hong Kong Summit.

A survey by the asset manager shows institutional investors intend to reallocate to private markets, with interest in active management strategies to help mitigate market risks.

Twenty-nine investors from Europe and the Middle East contributed $2.15bn to the total over the past year-and-a-half.

While no one can dispute that infrastructure, as an asset class, has arrived, the labels used to segment the market – as well as the strategies they symbolise – can spark some passionate debate.

Real assets head Paul Mouchakkaa told the pension’s investment committee it will model its infra investment strategy after its real estate one.

The $24.4bn Hong Kong-based insurer will be looking for partners over the next 12 months, as it eyes investments across the capital stack.

However, national infrastructure plans receive lukewarm backing, according to a joint Global Infrastructure Hub and EDHECInfra study.

Anton Pil, managing partner of the firm’s $130 billion global alternatives business, argues the real story in US infrastructure is not the one stealing the headlines, but rather how monetary policy could deeply impact the asset class.