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High fees barrier to infrastructure mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2009
... and/or higher-return value-added strategies, similar to private equity. This is preferred to high-fee core infrastructure funds that currently dominate the sector. Ross Barry, head of portfolio construction and diversity at Watson Wyatt in Australia ...

Global infra funds fall short

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2009
... management as highlighted by the difference in returns across the sector. The research firm said global listed infrastructure funds could provide a good opportunity for investors to get back into equities given the UBS 50/50 Global Infrastructure and ...

RARE quality found in infrastructure

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2009
... Infrastructure was established in 2006 and is owned by the Treasury Group. It offers diversified and emerging markets infrastructure funds for retail funds and has recently been appointed to the OneAnswer platform in addition to winning an institutional ...

Infrastructure wins pension funds votes

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... include the Danish ATP and PKA, Dutch PGGM, Finnish VER. The majority of pension fund investments are through infrastructure funds. However, some bigger Canadian and Dutch pension plans have started to invest directly. They are often co-investors with ...

State Street scores $1bn mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... combined $782 million into alternative assets after pumping $521 million and $261 million respectively into two infrastructure funds by Goldman Sachs and Alinda Capital Partners. Last month, the fund hired Boston-based HarborVest Partners to manage a ...

Trilogy signs AFM

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2008
... managers across several asset classes. John Donovan, AFM managing director, said Trilogy plans to develop infrastructure funds next year. "Regardless of the market conditions at the moment we have seen an increase in the number of various institutions ...

APFC appoints $782m infrastructure mandates

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2008
... $38.8 billion Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC) has pumped $521 million and $261 million into two infrastructure funds by Goldman Sachs and Alinda Capital Partners. The APFC board poured the investments into the new Goldman Sachs Institutional ...

CFS GAM rides $1bn infra wave

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2008
... on its laurels, the firm aims to raise a further $500 million for two of its Australian-domiciled unlisted infrastructure funds and launch another fund in the European market. James O'Leary, CFS GAM head or property and alternative investments, said ...

Perpetual sells $250m infra funds to Palisade

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2008
Infrastructure may be all the rage but Perpetual has opted to hand in the reins to its infrastructure funds to Palisade Investment Partners, part of Pinnacle Investment Management. As part of the deal, infrastructure specialist Palisade will own the ...

Strong lineup in listed infrastructure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2008
... returns are likely to be more in the range of high single digit or low double digits," the report said. Listed infrastructure funds provide retail investors with diversification opportunities but investors should be aware of the use of leverage in the ...