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Australian and Canadian pension funds have been pioneers in infrastructure investing since the early 1990s. They also have the highest asset allocation to infrastructure around the globe today. This paper compares and contrasts the experience of institutional investors in the two countries...
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The economic downturn is likely to have a lasting impact on the fund management industry and on long term asset allocation strategies of institutional investors. On one hand, in promoting more cautious investment strategies and a greater focus on portfolio risk management in the coming years. On...
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This report is structured in three chapters. The first chapter examines the channels through which institutional investors can access green infrastructure, assesses the extent to which this is currently happening, and identifies the barriers to scaling up these investment flows. The second...
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Favourable conditions such as the growth of pension fund assets, privatisation trends and changing regulations have increased the interest of institutional investors in infrastructure investment. However, data on pension fund investment in infrastructure is limited. National statistical agencies...
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number of non-OECD countries, such as Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa, as well as some OECD countries like … pension funds, given their large size, could be a potentially major source of funding, but most have only recently started …
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This definitional, stocktaking paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of the concepts and definitions related to “green” investments that are currently used in the market place. The purpose of this research is not to take a position on a specific definition but rather to explore what...
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to scale up green bond offerings, create risk-mitigating public finance mechanisms and co-investment funding structures …
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This paper explores whether different funding structures-including the source, instrument, currency, and counterparty … location of funding-affected the extent of financial stress experienced in various countries and sectors during the Covid-19 … sovereigns, banks, and corporates. Then we use country-sector and country-sector-time panels to assess if these different funding …
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This paper explores the relationship between different funding structures--including the source, instrument, currency …, and counterparty location of funding--and the extent of financial stress experienced in different countries and sectors …-sector-time panels to assess how different funding structures are related to financial stress. A higher share of funding from non …
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Over the last two and a half decades, Luxembourg’s financial sector emerged as a leading international hub for asset management and investment funds and became a key contributor to growth. Diversification into new areas of financial asset management is continuing. However, changing financial...
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