Asian state funds chasing resource assets

Asian state institutions are increasingly looking to make energy- and resource-related investments, particularly into mid-stream assets and energy infrastructure. Another area of interest is farmland for crops and livestock production, notes Steve Gross, Hong Kong-based managing director at Macquarie Real Assets and Infrastructure. Asian governments and state-owned entities are among the fastest-growing sources of capital in the world. They seek diversified, non-correlated, long…