Insights

“Listed infrastructure offers real potential for investors looking for long-term, defensive investments with an attractive yield,” says Greg Goodsell of 4D Infrastructure. “And we believe the opportunity will expand rapidly over coming decades.

In this paper Greg Goodsell, Global Equity Strategist at 4D Infrastructure, ventures a little further into the tiger’s den to identify some of the incredible opportunities… and daunting challenges… facing this rapidly changing nation.

Greg Goodsell, Global Equity Strategist at 4D Infrastructure, examines the current position and prospects of these two mighty nations. While China has led the growth charge over the past two decades, the Indian tiger is looming as a very real growth rival to its north eastern neighbour, with huge potential for both sustained development and broad based wealth creation.

While uncertainty surrounding China’s economic growth prospects have been a major contributor to recent market volatility, investors also need to keep their eyes on the longer term and identify permanent structural shifts in the global economy, Greg Goodsell, Global Equities Strategist at 4D Infrastructure said.

4D Infrastructure’s Sarah Shaw and Greg Goodsell discuss the characteristics of global infrastructure, the increasing global need for investment in the sector, and the exciting opportunities this presents.  

It now seems the consensus gets it. Interest rates will stay lower for longer and are unlikely to ‘normalise’ any time soon.

At the start of June we attended the annual National Association Real Estate Investment Trust (NAREIT) conference in New York. It was a good opportunity to meet many of our investees, their competitors, and receive an update on North American real estate.

Over the past decade Australia has been let down by its federally elected politicians in the administration of fiscal policy. Greg Goodsell, Global Equity Strategist at 4D Infrastructure, revisits a dismal decade of deficits, while also asking the question: is fiscal policy just too important to leave in the hands of elected politicians?

The month of May was particularly brutal for a number of US and Australian retailers. In the US, GAP, L Brands, Macy’s Nordstrom and others reported weaker than expected or declining sales and profits.