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Clearing the bottleneck: investment in grid connectivity
How can sufficient grid infrastructure be deployed and enhanced to meet energy transition targets – and what opportunities for investment are there? Jason Holland…

Solving the UK housing crisis – an opportunity for meaningful social impact
Tim Munn, CIO at Swiss Life Asset Managers UK, argues that institutional investors can play a key role in breaking the bottleneck in funding…

Foresters reaps benefits of innovative allocations
Ahead of speaking at PMP’s Inside the Deal conference, Corrado Pistarino, CIO of Foresters Friendly Society, discusses how he has built exposures in increasingly niche…

Pemberton’s Working Capital Finance strategy
Helping local government pension funds meet cashflow needs with stable and diversified income streams. Executive summary As LGPS funds mature and face uncertainty around…

Seizing 2025: LGPS opportunities in European real estate debt
David Renshaw, co-head of Fiera European real estate debt strategies, discusses the outlook and opportunities in real estate debt. What is the real estate…

Nest ramps up private market allocation with 10% stake in IFM
Government-backed master trust Nest is significantly expanding its private market allocation by acquiring a stake in private market manager IFM, which is owned by…

2025: LGPS Central eyes local investment and natural capital
Nadeem Hussain, LGPS Central’s co-CIO head of private markets, tells Aysha Gilmore about the pool’s plans to expand its local and natural capital investment strategies. “One…

2025 private market outlook: cautious optimism
The past two years have been challenging for private market investors. However, with the US Federal Reserve introducing its first rate cut, the mood…

Moving the needle: inside GPIF and APG’s infrastructure deal
Japanese GPIF and Dutch APG announced a joint investment programme on infrastructure earlier this year. Why did two of the world’s largest investors with…

Renewable infrastructure – a diversified approach
Renewable infrastructure assets continue to be deployed at pace across the UK as the country races to achieve net zero by 2050 and decarbonise the electricity…

Fiera Comox on natural capital
Jeff Zweig, partner, vice chair and head of natural capital (agriculture and timberland), discusses Fiera Comox’s timberland strategy and the benefits of investing in natural capital…

LPPI’s new Environment Opportunity Fund – tailwinds for a theme
The LGPS Pool LPPI is working on a new Environment Opportunities Fund due to be launched early next year, pending regulatory approval. CIO Richard Tomlinson tells Mona…

