Infrastructure

As funds seek to steer their portfolios through the markets' bumpy recovery, Andrew Short looks at two important alternative classes - hedge funds and infrastructure

Joo Hee Lee of Fidelity International looks at life cycle strategies

Only a handful of pension schemes will be able to take a direct stake in National Air Traffic Services when the government sells its holdings due to the complex risks involved, consultants say.

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Former Tory peer Lord Skidelsky has proposed the creation of a UK investment bank to encourage pension funds to invest in national infrastructure.

Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan have won a bidding war to acquire the £2.1bn high-speed rail link connecting London with the Channel Tunnel.

Latin American pension funds are pounding the pavement looking for local infrastructure deals. Rodrigo Amaral reports

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Local government pension funds have been urged to give financial backing to public building projects which risk failure due to government spending cuts.

The Universities Superannuation Scheme has appointed Michael Dymond as portfolio manager for its private capital funds team.