Social Infrastructure

With one of the world’s largest pools of institutional capital, Japan is perennially on managers’ radars. But now it is re-emerging as an attractive place to invest.

Of the seven staff Plenary poached from AMP Capital to run its funds management arm in 2021, four have now left, including CEO and partner Julie-Anne Mizzi.

This niche social infra market may tick many of the right boxes. But do infra investors have what it takes to meet the needs of the people they are intended to serve?

The two Michaels – Bessell and Cummings – talk about integration, the synergies between infra and real estate, and the strength of the Australian market.

A new set of use cases and technologies are poised to emerge but is the infrastructure industry ready to embrace them?

Emerging markets risk falling further behind without investment in 5G infrastructure.

Can satellite internet become the final frontier for infrastructure funds?

The proposed merger of IFM Investors and ISPT is the latest in a string of examples of GPs seeking to combine infra and real estate strategies.

Clean Energy Finance Corporation has committed A$80m to SAF II, with PEP set to help portfolio companies make decarbonisation plans.

Infrastructure projects are key to place-based impact investing fulfilling its potential.