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Infrastructure sectors were led by gas utilities and energy infrastructure pipelines, beneficiaries of data centre growth and Trump’s election win, while renewables and communication towers sold off.
More...We expect robust global growth in 2025, in particular in the U.S., with moderating inflation through the first part of the year.
More...Strong economic data saw the case for a slower easing .cycle from the Federal Reserve than had been expected
More...Global markets finished the year mixed in the fourth quarter, following the U.S. presidential election and a third interest rate cut for the year
More...Opportunities continue to be widespread across the infrastructure landscape, with strong fundamentals and the market still massively underestimating the growth in electricity demand driven by AI and data growth.
More...We believe the defensive characteristics of infrastructure will remain valuable in what we expect to be a more volatile market in the near-term.
More...Strength in infrastructure was concentrated in the U.S., where GDP-sensitive energy infrastructure benefit from expectations of greater oil and gas production raising volumes for pipelines.
More...During the month, we initiated positions in U.S. energy infrastructure company ONEOK and French toll road operator Vinci. We also exited our positions in Spanish gas utility Enagas and Spanish electric utility Iberdrola.
More...Opportunities continue to be widespread across emerging market infrastructure.
More...Our global listed infrastructure strategies outperformed global equities and most infrastructure benchmarks for the month.
More...We are expecting bond volatility to reduce and market breadth to continue to broaden — as that occurs, we expect that the market will increasingly recognise the strong fundamentals and long-term themes of infrastructure.
More...Given the prospect of slowing growth from elevated levels as well as declining interest rates, we believe the defensive and income-producing qualities of infrastructure will become more apparent, as was evident in the third quarter.
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