Several trends point to opportunities beyond established investments in the likes of ports, power transmission and transportation.
Investors can finance renewable generation and the electricity networks needed by an increasingly electrified economy through ownership stakes (equity) or loans (fixed income) to the businesses developing those assets.
Theresa Shutt, chief investment officer at Harbourfront Wealth Management Inc. in Toronto, sees private capital helping finance that expansion, including solar and wind facilities.
“There are a lot of opportunities there for private equity or private credit,” she says.
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