Insights

Sarah Shaw and Greg Goodsell (4D Infrastructure) speak with Dave Whitby (Bennelong Funds Management) about why 4D is looking forward to an inflationary environment in the global recovery; and how COVID is contributing to M&A activity in the listed infrastructure space.

4D Infrastructure has strengthened its investment team with the appointment of Gaspard Bidot to the position of investment analyst.

Consistent with trends in past budgets, the 2021 Federal Budget saw the Commonwealth Treasurer identify a further A$15.2 billion in new spending on major infrastructure projects, keeping the decade-long infrastructure investment program at A$110 billion. This will spearhead the Federal Government's efforts to boost both jobs and productivity in the COVID-affected national economy.

On 7 March 2021 the 4D Global Infrastructure Fund officially passed the five-year mark, returning 8.44 per cent p.a. since inception compared to our absolute benchmark’s 7.01 per cent p.a.*

Without significantly increased investment in infrastructure, the globe has no chance of reaching the Paris Agreement goal of Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050, according to Sarah Shaw, CIO of 4D Infrastructure.

While the speed of ultimate decarbonisation remains unclear, there appears to be a real opportunity for multi-decade investment as every country moves towards a cleaner environment.

Join 4D Infrastructure’s Global Portfolio Manager and Chief Investment Officer, Sarah Shaw, as she discusses the current opportunities in the infrastructure sector with Jodie Saw, Account Director Investments (QLD) at Bennelong Funds Management.

To state the obvious, 2020 was a year like no other. The COVID-19 pandemic presented challenges the likes of which individuals, businesses and governments have never experienced before. The impact of this was to push an otherwise pretty robust global economy into recession, force lockdowns and create social dislocation on a previously unimaginable scale. 

The November 2020 US presidential election is between two polarising individuals in Donald Trump and Joe Biden, who represent very different views and approaches to leading the US for the next four-year presidential term. The policy positions of the two parties are likely to have far-reaching impacts on the US and global economy; and specifically, infrastructure investment.