Benjamin Morton, executive vice president, is head of global infrastructure and a senior portfolio manager for Cohen & Steers’ infrastructure portfolios, including those focused on master limited partnerships. He has 22 years of infrastructure-related investment experience. Prior to joining Cohen & Steers in 2003, Morton worked at Salomon Smith Barney as a research associate for three years, covering the utility and pipelines sectors. He also worked at New York Mercantile Exchange as a research analyst. Morton holds a BA from the University of Rochester and an MES from Yale University. He is based in New York.
Ben Morton
Investor Profile
Low risk start for Ireland’s new sovereign funds, but more to come
Long-term strategies for Ireland’s new SWFs, expected to grow to €100 billion by 2035, will be designed and allocated in the next nine months including the appointment of an investment committee and custodian. For now it will invest in low-risk allocations to high credit quality Euro-area sovereign and quasi-sovereign bonds.
Sarah RundellNovember 12, 2024
Investor Profile
How an iterative strategy shapes success at Baylor university endowment
David Morehead, chief investment officer of Baylor University endowment in Texas explains why he's concerned about too much diversification and why the rewards of interest rate cuts will be most keenly felt in small cap equities.
Sarah RundellNovember 7, 2024
InFocus
Making better decisions faster: AI makes its impact felt on investing
Making more accurate predictions is the key to investing successfully. AI is a tool well suited to this task, and while it’s already proving its worth in practice and even as major pension fund investors continue to roll it out, they recommend caution and setting out clear use cases.
Simon HoyleNovember 6, 2024
Opinion
Piecing together the impact investing puzzle
Ben Thornley, co-founder at Tideline, looks at how value creation practices bring a manager’s impact credentials into sharper focus, the strong positive correlation between impact and financial performance, and the role of allocators in incentivizing and enabling managers to deliver impact value.
Ben ThornleyNovember 5, 2024
Investor Profile
PUBLICA builds alternatives through partnerships
In the latest development of its private market portfolio, Swiss pension fund PUBLICA is investing in infrastructure equity in a partnership with three other Swiss pension funds and Dutch pension investor APG.
Sarah RundellNovember 5, 2024
Investor Profile
Divestment and impact: Detailhandel pioneers participant engagement
Dutch fund Detailhandel takes participant engagement to a new level as it begins to integrate feedback and preferences from a three day beneficiary forum into investment strategy.
Sarah RundellOctober 31, 2024
Investor Profile
UTIMCO telegraphs opportunities in small caps ahead
Small caps have lagged returns in the S&P500 and stand to benefit most from rate cuts because of floating rate debt. It's why UTIMCO's chief Rich Hall forecasts investors opportunities ahead.
Sarah RundellOctober 31, 2024