Perspectives

Stay up-to-date with the current investment and macroeconomic issues at ClearBridge Investments. We provide analyses of the themes and trends which lie at the heart of your investment challenges.

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Investing in Global Listed Infrastructure

Investing in Global Listed Infrastructure

Matt Bushby, Head of Infrastructure Business Development, discusses the characteristics of an infrastructure investment and the key features in our investment approach for the ClearBridge Infrastructure Value Strategy.

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Understanding Infrastructure

Understanding Infrastructure

In this ClearBridge perspective, Matt Bushby, Head of Infrastructure Business Development, explains ClearBridge's specialist view on infrastructure and the key infrastructure characteristics we look for.

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Infrastructure in a world of rising rates

Infrastructure in a world of rising rates

Global bond yields are up in the U.S., Australia and Europe, begging the question of what happens to infrastructure with higher inflation. Watch Portfolio Manager Charles Hamieh discuss why inflation risks are likely transitory and how global listed infrastructure can withstand higher inflation.

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Nick Langley on AssetTV Infrastructure Masterclass

Nick Langley on AssetTV Infrastructure Masterclass

Portfolio Manager Nick Langley joins an AssetTV Masterclass panel to discuss how infrastructure investments fit in a portfolio, the opportunity for infrastructure given increased policy focus on climate change and whether inflation will be an important factor in infrastructure returns in an economic recovery. 

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Inflation, Rising Rates and Their Impact on Infrastructure

Inflation, Rising Rates and Their Impact on Infrastructure

Inflation is a pass-through, directly or indirectly, for infrastructure assets and so should have a limited impact on valuations.

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Public Policy Among Many Tailwinds for Infrastructure

Public Policy Among Many Tailwinds for Infrastructure

In this video, Portfolio Manager Nick Langley discusses public policy focused on climate change initiatives that connects several trends that underpin the growth of infrastructure assets and earnings.

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Sustainability for infrastructure assets

Sustainability for infrastructure assets

Listen to Portfolio Manager Shane Hurst discuss how ClearBridge Investments incorporates ESG in the investment process.

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A Smoother Path to Infrastructure Spending

A Smoother Path to Infrastructure Spending

The election of Joe Biden as U.S. president and Democratic control of both the House and the Senate should further boost the focus on infrastructure spending.

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Incorporating ESG Analysis in Infrastructure Investing

Incorporating ESG Analysis in Infrastructure Investing

With sustainability factors more prominent than ever in the path forward for equities, the importance of integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations when investing in real assets such as infrastructure should come as no surprise.

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The Push for Sustainable Infrastructure

The Push for Sustainable Infrastructure

Portfolio Manager Nick Langley discusses how global infrastructure will play a key role in the world meeting ambitious net-zero carbon emissions targets. He highlights how, given the high levels of government spending underway to cope with the pandemic, economies around the world will rely on the private sector to fund many emission-lowering initiatives, both for regulated infrastructure such as utilities and for user-pays assets such as rail and airports.

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Building resilient returns for an uncertain future

Building resilient returns for an uncertain future

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the extraordinary measures aimed at mitigating its spread are testing business models and strategies. So what can be relied upon?

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Scope for Enhanced Infrastructure Returns Amid COVID-19 Uncertainty

Scope for Enhanced Infrastructure Returns Amid COVID-19 Uncertainty

The premise of listed infrastructure investing is that while regulatory regimes and concession agreements are designed to produce outcomes over long periods of time, the majority of general equity investors have a shorter time horizon. This timing mismatch provides the opportunity for long-term investors to use liquidity to enhance infrastructure returns.

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