Infrastructure – one of the hottest topics in pension fund management – was high on the agenda at Financial News’ pension fund conference at the end of last month, with speakers saying they were unsurprised that a “meaningful minority” of funds are looking at allocations.

Infrastructure was one of the more popular responses in Financial News' Pension Fund Barometer Survey, published ahead of last month's conference, which interviewed 74 European schemes about where they were looking to put their money.