Roundtable with Russell Investments: Improving people's lives through infrastructure investing

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Investment Week recently hosted a roundtable event in association with Russell Investments exploring how infrastructure is helping to address big global challenges and the role of the asset class in portfolios, especially in today’s challenging environment.

Michael Steingold, director, head of private markets at Russell Investments, began the discussion by identifying three key megatrends where his team identifies a growth opportunity and "sustainability leading edge": renewables, digital and social.  These are themes they are playing through the group's open-ended Global Unlisted Infrastructure fund, which aims to invest in opportunities that address the need for new infrastructure solutions to meet evolving social and economic demands.  Renewables On the investment opportunity within the renewables sector, Steingold highlighted th...

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