Infrastructure

The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) increased its allocation to alternatives to 19% in the year to the end of March.

City of London Corporation has handed a £45m infrastructure mandate for its pension fund and Bridge House Estates portfolios to Industry Funds Management (IFM) Investors.

Helen Morrissey looks at growing interest in sustainable investment

Taha Lokhandwala explores an OECD report on infrastructure investment and how to increase it

Helen Morrissey looks at the practical issues facing schemes investing in infrastructure debt

The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has announced an agreement to invest £392m in Heathrow Airport on 24 October.

Schemes were urged to work with each other and government to embed sustainable practices in the industry by BT Pension Scheme chairman Paul Spencer.

Investors fearing interest rate rises in the US and Europe are looking to alternatives such as direct real estate and private equity, research from AMP Capital shows.

Naomi Rainey looks at DC schemes’ growing interest in illiquid assets

The Lancashire County Pension Fund has agreed to re-allocate £150m of its investment portfolio from global equities to local infrastructure projects.