Infrastructure

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.

Equities, fixed income, property and alternatives. This has been the standard way of breaking down portfolio allocations for years.

Deleveraging by banks and governments around the world has created an "unprecedented" investment opportunity for UK schemes, according to research from UBS Global Asset Management.

Full implementation of the government's National Infrastructure Plan and a major shift in the understanding of scheme requirements could boost GDP by £400bn, research reveals.

Sackers' Ian D'Costa outlines the opportunities

Oxford Capital has launches a renewable energy infrastructure programme for pension funds, targeting index-linked yields of 7-9%.