We look to dispel those myths by providing trustees with a checklist to help navigate their decision on whether to invest.
In this paper, we have developed two checklists to help trustees consider whether illiquid assets might be right for their scheme.
This paper has been written in collaboration with K3 Advisory – the buy‑out and consolidation advisers.
Renewable infrastructure is an increasingly popular asset class among institutional investors, with a recent AlphaReal survey highlighting that over 90% of UK pension funds and insurers are looking to increase their allocations over 2024.
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 system by 2035. Consequently, renewable electricity generation has increased fivefold since 2010.
Upcycling is not only a trend in fashion or furniture, but also an important way of increasing the delivery of social infrastructure across the health, housing and education sectors by giving a new life to redundant real estate assets.
Commercial Ground Rents (‘CGR’) provide investors with index linked cashflows that have bond-like characteristics and offer property owners an attractive form of long-term finance. The parties to a CGR are akin to a borrower and lender, although the relationship is governed by a lease not a loan.
