Infrastructure
Norway plans 90% gas tax cut in blow to infrastructure investors
Norway proposed cutting tariffs to ship gas through its pipelines by 90%, in a blow to funds that have spent more than $5 billion since 2010 buying stakes in the infrastructure of western Europe's...
January 15, 2013 | 01:53 pm
EU economies tap pension funds as financing source
Governments throughout the eurozone are making huge strides in tapping into pension fund assets as a potential source of financing domestic economic growth.
December 24, 2012
An impulse to help
Can a pension fund serve two masters? New York City Teachers' Retirement System will try.
December 24, 2012
J.P. Morgan's McNamara explains why real assets are growing popular
Prospects of a continuing weak economy, unstable equity markets and low interest rates are upending traditional asset policy and will drive investors to raise allocations to real assets, said Bernard ...
December 10, 2012
CalPERS real estate investments return 14.3%
CalPERS' real estate investments returned 14.3% for the 12 months ended June 30, above the $12.5 billion portfolio's benchmark return of 12.6%.
December 10, 2012 | 04:26 pm
Raise or hold on real assets proves tough call
Pension executives and other institutional investors are split between raising allocations to real assets or maintaining their allocations amid concerns about equity market volatility and inflation,...
December 10, 2012
New York City pension funds should finance post-Sandy housing, comptroller says
John Liu, New York City comptroller, said he wants to let the city’s public pension funds invest millions of dollars to finance or own housing for people displaced by Hurricane Sandy.
December 06, 2012 | 03:48 pm
Japanese investors commit $1 billion to Deutsche Bank for infrastructure
Japanese investors committed $1 billion to Deutsche Bank for a new infrastructure fund, as its money management unit sought to provide clients with access to bigger returns and reverse an outflow of...
