Kalliope Gourntis
Kalliope is Deputy Editor at Infrastructure Investor, focusing primarily on the print edition, the latest role she’s assumed since joining the company in 2013. Kalliope initially covered the US market when she was based in New York, but has since relocated to Europe, where she oversees Infrastructure Investor’s team of reporters in London, New York and Sydney. Prior to joining PEI Media, she worked for Reuters in Athens as Energy Correspondent and has published a number of bylined articles that have appeared in the International Herald Tribune (now New York Times), The Wall Street Journal Europe and The Financial Times.
The UK pension plans to deploy around £5bn by 2030, investing in infrastructure, debt and private equity, through IFM.
Greater transparency is welcome. But given the role side letters have in securing ESG-related reporting, we fear the asset class will be poorer with a weakening of those provisions.
Institutional investors want to avoid mistakes they made post-GFC and want to capitalise on investment opportunities working around covid-19-induced limitations, Probitas has found.
Last year the French asset manager targeted 272 companies on the basis of gender diversity concerns, up 369% from the prior year.
Heavily invested legacy vintages might suffer more than funds in market, with the jury still out on whether this crisis will be sharp and short like the GFC, or sharp and longer-lasting running through various cycles.
Other obstacles include lack of in-house expertise, difficulty finding good managers and challenges executing co-investments, according to bfinance.
With the rise of the anti-sexual-harassment movement, industry stakeholders need to think differently as they mitigate reputational risk.
The country’s four AP funds are one step closer to gaining more flexibility when investing in private markets.
Bryan Lewis, currently executive director of the Illinois State Universities Retirement System, will succeed Thomas Brier at PA SERS.
Less than two years since becoming executive vice president for private equity and infrastructure at the Canadian pension, Andreas Beroutsos is stepping down.