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The $94 Trillion Global Infrastructure Opportunity
The $94 Trillion Global Infrastructure Opportunity
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The world needs $94 trillion spent on infrastructure by 2040 according to the Global Infrastructure Hub. For Canadian pension funds looking to increase their allocation to infrastructure, this massive need represents a significant opportunity, especially if they take a global perspective. This Monday Minute will look at how the infrastructure landscape is evolving rapidly around the world, including across sectors such as transportation, energy, and utilities. And it’s not just about bridges and toll roads anymore – opportunities open to pension investors now include growing access to digital infrastructure and projects designed to address climate change.
The world needs $94 trillion spent on infrastructure by 2040 according to the Global Infrastructure Hub. For Canadian pension funds looking to increase their allocation to infrastructure, this massive need represents a significant opportunity, especially if they take a global perspective. This Monday Minute will look at how the infrastructure landscape is evolving rapidly around the world, including across sectors such as transportation, energy, and utilities. And it’s not just about bridges and toll roads anymore – opportunities open to pension investors now include growing access to digital infrastructure and projects designed to address climate change.
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CHANTALE PELLETIER
Global Head of Infrastructure, Private Assets | Schroders
Global Head of Infrastructure, Private Assets | Schroders
Chantale Pelletier is the Global Head of Infrastructure in Private Assets and President of Schroder Aida SAS, the firm’s Paris‑based Infrastructure business. Her role is focused on enlarging the scale of Schroders’ infrastructure platform globally across a range of sectors, such as transport, renewables, energy, digital infrastructure and utilities. She joins from global institutional investor Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), one of the world’s largest infrastructure investors and the second largest institutional investor in Canada with approximately $333
billion CAD* in assets under management.
Chantale has spent more than 20 years in senior global roles at CDPQ, where she has been actively involved in building and managing its infrastructure investment portfolio globally, which as of 31 December 2019 stood at CA$ 27.8 billion. She has overseen many large‑scale international infrastructure investment projects, and assumed a leadership role in many transactions, most notably by investing in Heathrow Airport, the acquisition of an interest in Eurostar as part of a partnership approach and an investment in offshore windfarm London Array. Most recently, as a Managing Director for Capital Solutions, Chantale was responsible for defining and implementing CDPQ’s capital solutions strategy for international markets which encompassed providing tailored investment solutions to meet the evolving needs of global companies. Prior to this, Chantale held various senior roles at CDPQ including heading European infrastructure investment activity and directing the Paris office.
Chantale has spent more than 20 years in senior global roles at CDPQ, where she has been actively involved in building and managing its infrastructure investment portfolio globally, which as of 31 December 2019 stood at CA$ 27.8 billion. She has overseen many large‑scale international infrastructure investment projects, and assumed a leadership role in many transactions, most notably by investing in Heathrow Airport, the acquisition of an interest in Eurostar as part of a partnership approach and an investment in offshore windfarm London Array. Most recently, as a Managing Director for Capital Solutions, Chantale was responsible for defining and implementing CDPQ’s capital solutions strategy for international markets which encompassed providing tailored investment solutions to meet the evolving needs of global companies. Prior to this, Chantale held various senior roles at CDPQ including heading European infrastructure investment activity and directing the Paris office.
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