Listed infrastructure is the ultimate real asset
Rebecca Hiscock-Croft | Magellan Investment Partners | 19 August 2026
Portfolios built for the world of the last several decades are not necessarily going to win the prize in the one decade ahead, as fiscal, AI and geopolitical forces reshape the macro-outlook in ways that are hard to predict. What is predictable is that real assets with the right characteristics are strategically important for an investment portfolio regardless of which way these forces break. Global listed infrastructure is the ultimate real asset. It offers the key characteristics allocators seek through structural growth, inflation protection and defensive incom...