Why should pension funds invest in infrastructure?

The President announced that the Nedlac partners have agreed to an historic economic compact but the details are still to be released but no doubt infrastructure will be a core pillar. A major question mark remains over how these projects will be funded? The old way of building public infrastructure by gearing up SOE balance sheets has clearly run its course. Michael Avery speaks to Emile Du Toit, MD of Fund Raising and Liabilities Management at Harith General Partners; Ndabe Mkhize, Chief Investment Officer of the Eskom Pension and Provident Fund; & Heleen Goussard, Head of Alternative Investment Services at RisCura; about why pension funds should invest in infrastructure?