Redefining investment strategy: The rise of real assets in institutional portfolios Pádraig Floyd looks at how insitutional investors are increasing their expsure to real assets such as timber, agriculture, housing and... Pádraig Floyd LAPF Investments July 1, 2024 Report Decarbonising transport: investing in the energy transition The decarbonising transport sector is at the start of a multi-decade transition, driven by falling energy costs, governments, and stakeholder... Declan O’Brien Executive Director, Energy & Transport Transition UBS Asset Management, Real Estate & Private Markets (REPM) June 27, 2024 Report Infrastructure is holding its own: the rise of the infrastructure asset class Luba Nikulina from IFM Investors looks at why more than two decades since Australian superannuation funds first ventured into infrastructure,... Luba Nikulina Chief Strategy Officer IFM Investors June 23, 2024 Report Managing infrastructure safety requires long-term focus Providing a safe workplace is a primary focus for infrastructure owners, underpinning value creation in an environment that typically involves... Shannon O’Keeffe Director, Social Responsibility IFM Investors Will Phillips Senior Associate, Asset Management IFM Investors Nicholas Rivera Associate, Asset Management IFM Investors June 27, 2023 Report What pension fund investors need to know about real assets Pádraig Floyd describes the different classes of real assets and explores their pros and cons as part of a pension... Pádraig Floyd LAPF Investments June 24, 2023 Report Investing for impact through real assets benefits communities and investors alike Paul Myles of Schroders looks at the benefits of pension funds’ investment in local real estate and renewable energy infrastructure Discussions... Paul Myles Business Development Director – Private Assets Schroders June 6, 2023 Report Real reassurance As local authority pension funds look to adapt to the prospect of cash flow challenges, Matthew Craig examines the role... Matthew Craig LAPF Investments April 1, 2017 Report Localisation: meeting infrastructure needs in the 21st century Gregory Smith of InstarAGF Asset Management suggests how the complexities faced by today’s towns and cities can be simplified by... Gregory Smith President and CEO InstarAGF Asset Management April 1, 2017 Report How pension funds can use real assets to achieve an income Andrew Swan of M&G Investments says that real assets, which offer inflation-linked, secure income streams, are proving attractive alternatives to... Andrew Swan Director of Fixed Income M&G Investments April 1, 2017 Report Global farmland, a differentiated offering in real assets Sherilee Mace and Tom McKeon of Insight Investment discuss how a global farmland portfolio that follows a responsible investment approach... Sherilee Mace Institutional Business Development Director Insight Investment Tom McKeon Portfolio Oversight Director, Farmland Team Insight Investment April 1, 2017 Report The real return portfolio of the future for real estate Julian Agnew of LaSalle Investment Management looks at the composition of a real return portfolio, arguing that while retail will... Julian Agnew UK Chief Investment Officer LaSalle Investment Management April 1, 2017 Report The makings of a commodity bull market David Donora of Columbia Threadneedle Investments looks at the prospects for commodities investors in 2017 Commodities have had a mixed start... David Donora Head of Commodities Columbia Threadneedle Investments April 1, 2017 Report
