Insights

Research house Zenith Investment Partners has given the 4D Global Infrastructure Fund a rating of ‘Approved’ in its first review of the Fund.

In this follow up article, 4D Senior Investment Analysts Peter Aquilina and Mark Jones revisit the North American midstream thesis, and stress test assumptions for a dramatically lower commodity price environment and an overall slower global growth scenario – to determine whether in reality the fundamentals/earnings will prove to be infrastructure (or not) and if this collapse represents a buying

We believe the coronavirus issue will pass, but not without obvious and significant personal and economic pain including its impact on global growth.

In this article, Sarah Shaw (Global Portfolio Manager & Chief Investment Officer) looks at: (1) the current state of play with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues around the world; (2) corporate controversies that defined 2019; and (3) our approach to incorporating ESG factors into our investment process, demonstrating why ESG is so important to 4D.

This is the eighth in our series of Trip Insights where we share those experiences.

Watch Sarah Shaw, Global Portfolio Manager and Chief Investment Officer of 4D Infrastructure answer questions on the current situation in global markets; opportunities and threats to global listed infrastructure; how 4D’s portfolio is currently positioned and more.

This is the seventh in our series of Trip Insights, where we share those experiences. It follows a trip in 2019 when Mark Jones, Senior Investment Analyst, completed an extensive company engagement and calling program in Canada, meeting with management teams from Oil & Gas Infrastructure, Regulated Utilities, Renewables and Transport (road, rail, air and sea).

Populism is spreading rapidly and globally, and becoming more aggressive in its implementation and execution. It traverses national borders and can infiltrate all political affiliations. It represents a huge challenge for modern liberal democracies, as the risk of populism is severe political and economic disruption and stagnation.

In this article, 4D Infrastructure’s Peter Aquilina and Greg Goodsell review the US midstream sector and identify a number of changes underway which they believe will see the creation of real shareholder value over the medium term.