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Well, what an interesting month it has been. The shortest and perhaps most chaotic term of any UK Prime Minister ended abruptly leaves a lot to be said. But it wasn’t how the Liz Truss left office, it’s the events that led to her resignation that is relevant to infrastructure. The announced large unfunded tax cuts in an inflationary environment

In July the FT reported ($) that Calpers suffered losses on both its fixed income and public equity portfolios of almost 15% for the year ending June. Meanwhile, its private asset portfolio provided returns of 20%. Now, as the FT noted, these returns are to May, not June. But there does appear to be a disconnect between the private and public

Dear Sir/Madam, Following your announcement on September 19, 2022, that you were taking legal action against the European executive to prevent fossil gas from featuring in the European Union’s sustainable finance Taxonomy, we wanted to assure you of our wholehearted support for your initiative. In effect, we published a study in February this year entitled “The Cost of Capital of

Private markets function on data – but the data to accurately price climate risks in investment decisions is sorely lacking. We must urgently fill this information void or private finance will fail to contribute to climate action. Since COP26 and the commitment by members of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) to accelerate the decarbonization of the economy,

Dear Stuart, It takes courage to express non-conformist views to a room full of evangelists. During your now infamous speech at the FT, your annoyance with those who have found refuge in the ascetic ideal of decarbonisation, kicking for touch with net-zero pledges, was palpable. We understand. Still, we usually think that opinions on climate change are divided between those

Answer: They are driving cost of international sanctions to investors in Russian airports In this research note, we look at the potential loss of value of Russian airports due to the war in Ukraine. Drivers of impact include the closure of a number of national airspaces to Russian airlines as well as related sanctions that have been imposed since the