Real Assets | Investment Insight
March 01, 2023
Infrastructure Investing: Embracing Complexity in Times of Structural Change
After a tumultuous 2022, the US economic outlook for 2023 remains cloudy. Renewed uncertainty about inflation and the Fed means markets will continue to be volatile. With that in mind, we believe that infrastructure can offer key attributes—downside protection, low correlation to markets, potential protection against inflation—for investors deploying capital today.
We believe that a nuanced infrastructure investment strategy with a disciplined, price-conscious investing mindset—purchase price matters—is more crucial than ever. We see the middle-market as the most fertile ground for opportunity, especially at a time when the large capitalization space is awash in capital.
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