April 2017

Australia’s Biggest Pension Fund Eyes US Infrastructure

President Donald Trump’s plan to fix America’s crumbling infrastructure with $1 trillion of private and public investment over a decade is drawing interest from 10,000 miles away. AustralianSuper Pty, Australia’s biggest pension fund with over A$100 billion ($75 billion) in assets, is eyeing the US market for infrastructure debt and equity investment prospects, said Mark Delaney, its Melbourne-based chief investment officer. “Anyone who has traveled to the US would say there are aspects of the infrastructure that could do with updating,”...