Infrastructure

The £11.5bn Strathclyde pension fund is set to hire an in-house asset manager in a bid to "sharpen" its local investment portfolio.

Institutional investors continue to diversify portfolios, tripling the number of global infrastructure mandates awarded over 2012, according to figures from Towers Watson.

USS continues to move into infrastructure debt to match its liabilities, with its second deal in less than six months to provide long-term inflation-linked financing to a water company.

Institutional investors should "actively seek" to invest in the construction risk of infrastructure projects, according to a leading risk institute.

BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners is to spin-off from the group and become Glennmont Partners.

Taxpayers could be exposed to substantial losses from government guarantees on infrastructure projects designed to attract investors like pension funds, the National Audit Office warns.

The government will guarantee an additional £40bn to infrastructure projects in order to stimulate growth.

Hans Meissner on why pension funds should consider allocating to infrastructure

Naomi Rainey asks whether infrastructure is right for the LGPS

The Environment Agency Pension Fund has called for expressions of interest from asset managers to create a £250m portfolio of funds investing in property, land and infrastructure.