{"id":8665,"date":"2022-02-07T11:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T11:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/?p=8665"},"modified":"2023-05-09T11:20:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T11:20:41","slug":"rise-esg-and-infrastructure-alternative-asset-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/insights\/rise-esg-and-infrastructure-alternative-asset-class\/","title":{"rendered":"The rise of ESG and infrastructure as an alternative asset class"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"text-block standard-spacing  \">\n    <div class=\"container fade-in\">\n        <p class=\"introduction\" style=\"text-align: justify\">Alternative asset classes such as infrastructure are gaining traction \u2013 especially where there is an ESG focus. We asked independent economic research firm\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitaleconomics.com\/\">Capital Economics<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0 examine this trend in more depth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Industry observers expect the next 10 years to be generally less rewarding for investors in traditional assets than the last 10 years. As such, recent years have seen a rebalancing of many asset manager portfolios away from listed equities towards alternative assets, where returns may be stable and potentially higher on a risk-adjusted basis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Asset classes such as infrastructure are gaining particular traction, with ESG-focused investments in particular seeing rising demand. Why is this? And how is the trend developing?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Our latest Capital Economics report\u00a0takes a deep dive into how infrastructure investment is not only being used to support post-pandemic recoveries, but how it can also diversify economies away from their dependence on fossil fuels and towards greener and more environmentally sustainable technologies. It examines why ESG considerations are becoming an increasingly important component of infrastructure investing and looks at the range of infrastructure investment opportunities now being offered by different regions around the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">We would be pleased to hear your thoughts on this opinion piece and look forward to engaging in further conversations on the issues that count as our industry continues to evolve.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a class=\"faux-button-chevron btn btn--mint\" href=\"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-02\/IQ-EQ_Capital%20Economics_The%20rise%20of%20ESG%20and%20iInfrastructure%20as%20an%20alternative%20asset%20class.pdf\">Download report<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/funds\/energy-and-infrastructure\">Discover IQ-EQ&#8217;s expertise in servicing infrastructure assets<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify\">Read our other Capital Economics reports:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/insights\/look-towards-equities-another-decade-low-real-interest-rates-lies-ahead\">Look towards equities as another decade of low real interest rates lies ahead<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/insights\/g7-tax-deal-garners-broad-support-shrouded-ambiguity-0\">G7 tax deal garners broad support but is shrouded in ambiguity<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/insights\/capital-economics-inflation\">Inflation poses risks for private equity but policy backdrop should continue to be supportive<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"related-section related-section--people related-section--centered standard-spacing\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                    <h2>Meet The Author<\/h2>\n                <div class=\"cards row-load\">\n            <div class=\"person-card\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/people\/justin-partington\/\" class=\"bg-img lozad normal\">\n            <img width=\"290\" height=\"190\" class=\"attachment-person_card size-person_card lozad\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Justin-Partington_Formal_Grey.png\" \/>        <\/a>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/people\/justin-partington\/\" class=\"bg-img lozad hover\">\n            <img width=\"290\" height=\"190\" class=\"attachment-person_card size-person_card lozad\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Justin-Partington_Informal_Green.png\" \/>        <\/a>\n        <div class=\"info\">\n                    <h3>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/people\/justin-partington\/\">Justin Partington<\/a>\n            <\/h3>\n                <p class=\"job-title\">Global Head of Fund and Asset Managers<\/p>\n        <div class=\"border\"><\/div>\n                    <p class=\"location\">Luxembourg<\/p>\n                <a href=\"#contact-person\" class=\"link link--deepgray email\">\n            Send email        <\/a>\n                    <a href=\"tel:+3524661113852\" class=\"link telephone\">\n                +352 466 111 3852            <\/a>\n                            <a href=\"https:\/\/iqeq.com\/people\/justin-partington\/\" class=\"link link--darkmint permalink\">\n                Full profile            <\/a>\n                            <div class=\"socials\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/justinpartington\/\" class=\"linkedin\">\n                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LinkedIn<\/span>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"button-wrapper\">\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":8666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"expertise":[17],"service_category":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The rise of ESG and infrastructure as an alternative asset class - IQ-EQ<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Alternative asset classes such as infrastructure are gaining traction \u2013 especially where there is an ESG focus. 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